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  • Chapter 3 - Singular Compositional Explanations

  • Kenneth Aizawa, Rutgers University, New Jersey
  • Book:
    Compositional Abduction and Scientific Interpretation
    Published online:
    20 November 2025
    Print publication:
    04 December 2025, pp 67-81
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    This chapter adds three principal observations to the theory of singular compositional explanation. These observations are essential to locating the theory of singular compositional explanation to the context of scientific experimental work. The first observation is that scientists sometimes explain the rates of activity instances. One way they explain them is in terms of the number of lower level individuals engaged in activity instances. The second is that scientists often use singular compositional abductive explanations in explaining experimental results. Third, scientists often use singular compositional abductive explanations in the context of controlled experiments.