Abstract In light of recent criticisms by Woodward (2017) and Rescorla (2018), we examine the relationship between mechanistic explanation phenomenological laws. We disambiguate several uses phrase “phenomenological law” show how a theory sorts them into those that are not explanatory. also distinguish problem laws from arguments about explanatory power purely phenomenal models, showing conflat...

Abstract argumentation constitutes both a major research strand and key approach that provides the core reasoning engine for multitude of formalisms in computational AI. Reasoning abstract is carried out by viewing arguments their relationships as entities, with frameworks (AFs) being most commonly used formalism. Argumentation semantics then drive specifying formal criteria on which sets argum...