The Prospects for a Monist Theory of Non-causal Explanation in Science and Mathematics

We explore the prospects of a monist account of explanation for both non-causal explanations in science and pure mathematics. Our starting point is the counterfactual theory of explanation (CTE) for explanations in science, as advocated in the recent literature on explanation. We argue that, despite...

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Autores principales: Reutlinger, Alexander, Colyvan, Mark, Krzyżanowska, Karolina
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Netherlands 2020
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Original Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9296398/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35875699
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10670-020-00273-w

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9296398/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35875699
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10670-020-00273-w

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