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

• Main Author: Skow, Bradford (Contributor)
• Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Linguistics and Philosophy (Contributor)
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press, 2012-10-05T18:36:18Z.
• Subjects: Article
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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