Explanation beyond causation : philosophical perspectives on non-causal explanations / edited by Alexander Reutlinger and Juha Saatsi.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Reutlinger, Alexander, 1980-

Saatsi, Juha.

UPSO (University Press Scholarship Online)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Causation.

Explanation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 269 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2018.

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Part I General Approaches

1 Because Without Cause: Scientific Explanations by Constraint p. 15 / Marc Lange

2 Accommodating Explanatory Pluralism p. 39 / Christopher Pincock

3 Eight Other Questions about Explanation p. 57 / Angela Potochnik

4 Extending the Counterfactual Theory of Explanation p. 74 / Alexander Reutlinger

5 The Mathematical Route to Causal Understanding p. 96 / Michael Strevens

6 Some Varieties of Non-Causal Explanation p. 117 / James Woodward

Part II Case Studies from the Sciences

7 Searching for Non-Causal Explanations in a Sea of Causes p. 141 / Alisa Bokulich

8 The Development and Application of Efficient Coding Explanation in Neuroscience p. 164 / Mazviita Chirimuuta

9 Symmetries and Explanatory Dependencies in Physics p. 185 / Steven French and Juha Saatsi

10 The Non-Causal Character of Renormalization Group Explanations p. 206 / Margaret Morrison

Part III Beyond the Sciences

11 Two Flavours of Mathematical Explanation p. 231 / Mark Colyvan and John Cusbert and Kelvin McQueen

12 When Are Structural Equation Models Apt? Causation versus Grounding p. 250 / Lina Jansson.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Oxford Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780191823404

0191823406

Publisher Number:

40028387740

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.