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1 From: A Regularist Approach to Mechanistic Type-Level Explanation
Figure 1. Diagram of the neurotransmitter release mechanism. From: A Regularist Approach to Mechanistic Type-Level Explanation Br J Philos Sci. Published online July 20, doi: /bjps/axx011 Br J Philos Sci | © The Author Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of British Society for the Philosophy of Science. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please

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Figure 2. A explains B if and only if every instance of A causes or constitutes an instance of B. From: A Regularist Approach to Mechanistic Type-Level Explanation Br J Philos Sci. Published online July 20, doi: /bjps/axx011 Br J Philos Sci | © The Author Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of British Society for the Philosophy of Science. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please

3 From: A Regularist Approach to Mechanistic Type-Level Explanation
Figure 3. Stochastic mechanisms. Not every instance of A causes or constitutes an instance of B. From: A Regularist Approach to Mechanistic Type-Level Explanation Br J Philos Sci. Published online July 20, doi: /bjps/axx011 Br J Philos Sci | © The Author Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of British Society for the Philosophy of Science. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please

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Figure 4. High-failure mechanisms. Most instances of A do not cause or constitute instances of B. From: A Regularist Approach to Mechanistic Type-Level Explanation Br J Philos Sci. Published online July 20, doi: /bjps/axx011 Br J Philos Sci | © The Author Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of British Society for the Philosophy of Science. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please

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Figure 5. Diagram of the cancer mechanism (my illustration, based on Navarro et al.[2011]). From: A Regularist Approach to Mechanistic Type-Level Explanation Br J Philos Sci. Published online July 20, doi: /bjps/axx011 Br J Philos Sci | © The Author Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of British Society for the Philosophy of Science. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please

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Figure 6. Reverse regularity. A explains B if every instance of B is caused or constituted by an instance of A. (The doted arrows indicate that the bs are caused or constituted by the as). From: A Regularist Approach to Mechanistic Type-Level Explanation Br J Philos Sci. Published online July 20, doi: /bjps/axx011 Br J Philos Sci | © The Author Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of British Society for the Philosophy of Science. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please

7 From: A Regularist Approach to Mechanistic Type-Level Explanation
Figure 7. Some instances of B might not be caused or constituted by an instance of A. The dotted lines indicate the ‘being caused or constituted by’ relation. From: A Regularist Approach to Mechanistic Type-Level Explanation Br J Philos Sci. Published online July 20, doi: /bjps/axx011 Br J Philos Sci | © The Author Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of British Society for the Philosophy of Science. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please

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Figure 8. Comparative regularity. A explains B if more as bring about bs than as bring about any other type (indicated by different letters c, d, e, f, g). From: A Regularist Approach to Mechanistic Type-Level Explanation Br J Philos Sci. Published online July 20, doi: /bjps/axx011 Br J Philos Sci | © The Author Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of British Society for the Philosophy of Science. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please

9 From: A Regularist Approach to Mechanistic Type-Level Explanation
Figure 9. Comparative reverse regularity. A explains B if more bs are brought about by as than bs brought about by any other type (indicated by different letters j, k, l, m, n). From: A Regularist Approach to Mechanistic Type-Level Explanation Br J Philos Sci. Published online July 20, doi: /bjps/axx011 Br J Philos Sci | © The Author Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of British Society for the Philosophy of Science. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please


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