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A Mathematical Philosophy of Explanations in Mechanistic Interpretability -- The Strange Science Part I.i

As of 23 August 2026, this Paper Citation Record lists 15 of 15 outbound references and 2 inbound Pith citation observations for arXiv:2505.00808.

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measured 15 of 15 reference resolution

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measured 2 of 2 inbound itemization

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measured 1 of 1 external citation measurements

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Source: arxiv_reference, observed 2026-08-05T02:28:24.338817Z

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Outbound references

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This paper cites an unresolved cited work.

A Mathematical Philosophy of Explanations in Mechanistic Interpretability -- The Strange Science Part I.i Unresolved cited work

Reference 1

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This paper cites an unresolved cited work.

A Mathematical Philosophy of Explanations in Mechanistic Interpretability -- The Strange Science Part I.i Unresolved cited work

Reference 2

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Observation 266eb70c-a9e4-4025-b3ee-199ca7258632 · outbound

This paper cites Ian J Goodfellow, Jonathon Shlens, and Christian Szegedy.

A Mathematical Philosophy of Explanations in Mechanistic Interpretability -- The Strange Science Part I.i Ian J Goodfellow, Jonathon Shlens, and Christian Szegedy

Reference 3

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This paper cites Note that the NMA has two distinct conclusions.

A Mathematical Philosophy of Explanations in Mechanistic Interpretability -- The Strange Science Part I.i Note that the NMA has two distinct conclusions

Reference 4

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Observation f1be2288-4d7d-46a5-a582-5f94a2af8071 · outbound

This paper cites Towards falsifiable interpretability research.

A Mathematical Philosophy of Explanations in Mechanistic Interpretability -- The Strange Science Part I.i Towards falsifiable interpretability research

Reference 6

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This paper cites Progress measures for grokking via mechanistic interpretability.

A Mathematical Philosophy of Explanations in Mechanistic Interpretability -- The Strange Science Part I.i Progress measures for grokking via mechanistic interpretability

Reference 7

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Observation b52e4a7c-bb2b-4cfd-b300-18164b62bfb6 · outbound

This paper cites Open Problems in Mechanistic Interpretability.

A Mathematical Philosophy of Explanations in Mechanistic Interpretability -- The Strange Science Part I.i Open Problems in Mechanistic Interpretability

Reference 8

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A Mathematical Philosophy of Explanations in Mechanistic Interpretability -- The Strange Science Part I.i Unresolved cited work

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This paper cites That is, their ur-explanations are well-defined and we ought to be realists about features, as variables of computation.

A Mathematical Philosophy of Explanations in Mechanistic Interpretability -- The Strange Science Part I.i That is, their ur-explanations are well-defined and we ought to be realists about features, as variables of computation

Reference 13

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This paper cites Mechanistic.

A Mathematical Philosophy of Explanations in Mechanistic Interpretability -- The Strange Science Part I.i Mechanistic

Reference 14

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This paper cites even if humans and machines do not share all concepts, AI concepts are understandable by humans given the right explanation.

A Mathematical Philosophy of Explanations in Mechanistic Interpretability -- The Strange Science Part I.i even if humans and machines do not share all concepts, AI concepts are understandable by humans given the right explanation

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A Mathematical Philosophy of Explanations in Mechanistic Interpretability -- The Strange Science Part I.i Unresolved cited work

Reference 1987

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This paper cites Raphaël Millière and Cameron Buckner.

A Mathematical Philosophy of Explanations in Mechanistic Interpretability -- The Strange Science Part I.i Raphaël Millière and Cameron Buckner

Reference 1990

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This paper cites Scaling and evaluating sparse autoencoders.

A Mathematical Philosophy of Explanations in Mechanistic Interpretability -- The Strange Science Part I.i Scaling and evaluating sparse autoencoders

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This paper cites Are DeepSeek R1 And Other Reasoning Models More Faithful?.

A Mathematical Philosophy of Explanations in Mechanistic Interpretability -- The Strange Science Part I.i Are DeepSeek R1 And Other Reasoning Models More Faithful?

Reference 2025

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Pith citing papers

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From Mechanistic to Compositional Interpretability cites this paper.

From Mechanistic to Compositional Interpretability A Mathematical Philosophy of Explanations in Mechanistic Interpretability -- The Strange Science Part I.i

Reference 3

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A Geometric View for Understanding Concept Learning and Neuron Interpretation in Sparse Autoencoders cites this paper.

A Geometric View for Understanding Concept Learning and Neuron Interpretation in Sparse Autoencoders A Mathematical Philosophy of Explanations in Mechanistic Interpretability -- The Strange Science Part I.i

Reference 20

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