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This document discusses modularity as it relates to causal and constitutive explanations. It argues that explanatory models can have different types of modularity - variable modularity or parameter modularity - depending on what aspects are being explained versus taken as given. Variable modularity is required for causal explanations of changes within a system, while parameter modularity is needed for constitutive explanations of whole system properties based on its parts. Criticisms of the invariance accou

Author
Hajra Saif
Language
EN