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work_p67h2fpbnvfybeocblevghq3ie	William Bechtel	Mechanism and Biological Explanation*	2011	25	.pdf	application/pdf	9602	671	42	This article argues that the basic account of mechanism and mechanistic explanation, involving sequential execution of qualitatively characterized operations, is itself insufficient to explain biological phenomena such as the capacity of living organisms to Understanding cyclically organized mechanisms with complex dynamics requires coordinating research directed at decomposing mechanisms into Mechanistic explanations are always multilevel accounts, integrating information about parts, operations, and organization within the mechanism with characterization of the phenomenon exhibited by the whole mechanism (Craver 2002, 2007; Craver and twentieth centuries has been not just to identify numerous biological mechanisms but also to decompose them into their component parts and operations. than sequential operation, I will elaborate on cyclic organization of biological mechanisms that often takes the form of negative or positive even when sleeping or hibernating, they are still performing basic metabolic activities, including respiration, and their brains exhibit endogenously generated oscillations. 6. Cyclic Organization and Endogenously Active Mechanisms.	./cache/work_p67h2fpbnvfybeocblevghq3ie.pdf	./txt/work_p67h2fpbnvfybeocblevghq3ie.txt