Are There Non-Causal Explanations (of Particular Events)?
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| Title: | Are There Non-Causal Explanations (of Particular Events)? |
| Author: | Skow, Bradford |
| Department: | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Linguistics and Philosophy |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
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| Abstract: | Philosophers have proposed many alleged examples of non-causal explanations of particular events. I discuss several well-known examples and argue that they fail to be non-causal. 1. Questions 2. Preliminaries 3. Explanations that Cite Causally Inert Entities 4. Explanations that Merely Cite Laws, I 5. Stellar Collapse 6. Explanations that Merely Cite Laws, II 7. A Final Example 8. Conclusion |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/73660 |
| ISSN: | 0007-0882 1464-3537 |
| Citation: | Skow, Bradford. "Are There Non-Causal Explanations (of Particular Events)?" Forthcoming in The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science. |
| Version: | Author's final manuscript |
| Terms of Use: | Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 |
| Detailed Terms: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ |
| Journal: | Forthcoming in The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science |
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