If explanatory force derives from the attractor's mathematical properties rather than any physical mechanism in the target system, the explanation is merely instrumental, not ontic.

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Attractor(as used in dynamical systems and chaos theory): A pattern or state that a changing system tends to move toward and settle into over time, like how a marble rolling in a bowl gravitates toward the bottom.
Explanatory force(Harman requires that new moral descriptions must preserve this quality): The ability of a description or theory to actually explain and make sense of what we observe in the world.
Instrumental explanation(epistemology/philosophy of science): An explanation that works as a useful tool for predicting outcomes, but doesn't actually tell you why something really happens at a deeper level.
Mathematical properties(What exists perfectly in theory versus what works in actual practice): Characteristics or qualities that exist in abstract math and logic, which may not work the same way in the real physical world.

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