Are There Non-Causal Explanations (of Particular Events)?
By Bradford Skow. British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 2014
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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 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
Subfields: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, History and Philosophy of Science
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- Abstract Explanations in Science (2015, background): “16 After this article was largely completed, I came across (Skow [2014]).”
- Explanation, understanding, and control (2014, unknown): “More practically, however, any solely geometrical explanation of this kind can also inform me that there is no cause of the phenomenon (Skow 2013), and that I therefore have no means of manipulating the thing in question.”