... deductions. Incontrast, the classic bridge-law model of reduction cannot satisfy this constraint on reductive explanation (Kim 2005, and Chapter 5 in this volume). Crucially,functional reduction ... to be on the metaphysics of reduction, less on reductive explanation. Similarly, the discussion of mentalcausation has focused more on intuitive notions of causal relevance than on notions of ... Laws, Reduction, and Explanatory Pluralism’ (Chapter 6)explores the relationships between the notions of reduction, reductive explana-tion, and ceteris paribus laws. Scientific explanations may...