Are There Non-Causal Explanations (of Particular Events)?

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Skow, Bradford
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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
Date issued
2014-09
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/73660
Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Linguistics and Philosophy
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.
Version: Author's final manuscript
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0007-0882
1464-3537
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