Are There Non-Causal Explanations (of Particular Events)?
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...
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Oxford University Press,
2012-10-05T18:36:18Z.
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