Are There Non-Causal Explanations (of Particular Events)?
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Author(s)
Skow, Bradford
Date Issued
September 2014
Journal
British Journal for the Philosophy of Science
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Citation
Skow, Bradford. "Are There Non-Causal Explanations (of Particular Events)?" British Journal for the Philosophy of Science (2014) 65 (3): 445-467.
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Author's final manuscript
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
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Linguistics and Philosophy
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bjps/axs047
https://doi.org/10.1093/bjps/axs047
