CONCEPTUAL RECONSTRUCTION AND EPISTEMIC IMPORT: ALLOSTERIC MECHANISTIC EXPLANATIONS AS A UNIFIED THEORY-NET
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Alleva, Karina
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Univ Buenos Aires, CONICET, Buenos Aires, DF, ArgentinaUniv Buenos Aires, CONICET, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina
Alleva, Karina
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Diez, Jose
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Univ Barcelona, LOGOS Res Grp, Barcelona, SpainUniv Buenos Aires, CONICET, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina
Diez, Jose
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Federico, Lucia
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Univ Nacl Quilmes, Bernal, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Univ Nacl Tres Febrero, Saenz Pena, Buenos Aires, ArgentinaUniv Buenos Aires, CONICET, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina
Federico, Lucia
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[1] Univ Buenos Aires, CONICET, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina
[2] Univ Barcelona, LOGOS Res Grp, Barcelona, Spain
[3] Univ Nacl Quilmes, Bernal, Buenos Aires, Argentina
[4] Univ Nacl Tres Febrero, Saenz Pena, Buenos Aires, Argentina
The goal of this article is to show that formal analysis and reconstructions may be useful to discuss and shed light on substantive meta-theoretical issues. We proceed here by exemplification, analysing and reconstructing as a case study a paradigmatic biochemical theory, the Monod-Wyman-Changeux (MWC) theory of allosterism, and applying the reconstruction to the discussion of some issues raised by prominent representatives of the new mechanist philosophy. We conclude that our study shows that at least in this case mechanicism and (some version of) more traditional accounts are not rivals but complementary approaches.