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Interactions between three explanatory processes and levels of abstraction. Descriptive explanations define an idealized abstraction of specific aspects of a phenomenon for discussion, measurement, and repeatability. Mechanistic explanations account for properties of a phenomenon by their emergence from less abstract phenomena, while normative explanations account for those properties by appealing to their ability to perform more abstract goals.
