{
  "id": "lib-process:scientific-discovery--mechanistic-reasoning",
  "_kind": "LibraryProcess",
  "_file": "generated-library/processes.yaml",
  "_cluster": "generated-library",
  "attributes": {
    "displayName": "mechanistic-reasoning",
    "description": "Mechanistic Reasoning Process - Explain phenomena by identifying internal parts,\ntheir interactions, organization, and causal activities that produce the phenomenon.",
    "libraryPath": "library/specializations/domains/science/scientific-discovery/mechanistic-reasoning.js",
    "specialization": "scientific-discovery",
    "references": [
      "- Machamer, Darden, Craver (2000). Thinking about Mechanisms\n- Bechtel & Abrahamsen (2005). Explanation: A Mechanist Alternative\n- Craver (2007). Explaining the Brain: Mechanisms and the Mosaic Unity of Neuroscience\n- Glennan (2017). The New Mechanical Philosophy"
    ],
    "example": "const result = await orchestrate('specializations/domains/science/scientific-discovery/mechanistic-reasoning', {\n  domain: 'Neuroscience',\n  phenomenon: 'Long-term potentiation in hippocampus',\n  observedBehavior: { synapticStrengthening: true, duration: 'hours to days' },\n  priorMechanisms: [{ name: 'NMDA receptor activation', role: 'trigger' }]\n});",
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      "causal-inference-engine"
    ]
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