@article {4265612,
	title = {The role of unification in micro-explanations of physical laws},
	journal = {Theoria - revista de teoria historia y fundamentos de la ciencia},
	volume = {79},
	year = {2014},
	pages = {41{\textendash}56},
	abstract = {<p>In the literature on scientific explanation, there is a classical distinction between explanations of particular facts and explanations of laws. This paper is about explanations of laws, more specifically about microexplanations of laws in physics. We investigate whether providing unificatory information has a surplus value in micro-explanations of physical laws. Unificatory information is information that provides ontological unification in the sense defined by Uskali M{\"a}ki. We argue that providing unificatory information may lead to explanations with more explanatory power (we use Jim Woodwards concept of explanatory power for that) and that it may lead to more strongly supported explanations.</p>},
	issn = {0495-4548},
	author = {Weber, Erik and Lefevere, Merel}
}
@proceedings {1856691,
	title = {The role of unification in explanations of facts},
	journal = {EPSA Philosophy of Science 2009},
	year = {2012},
	pages = {403-413},
	publisher = {Springer},
	address = {Amsterdam},
	abstract = {<p>In the literature on scientific explanation, there is a classical distinction between explanations of facts and explanations of laws. This paper is about explanations of facts. Our aim is to analyse the role of unification in explanations of this kind. We discuss five positions with respect to this role, argue for two of them and refute the three others.</p>},
	isbn = {9789400724037},
	doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2404-4\_33},
	author = {Weber, Erik and Van Bouwel, Jeroen and Lefevere, Merel},
	editor = {De Regt, Henk and Okasha, Samir and Hartmann, Stephan}
}
