Because without cause: non-causal explanations in science and mathematics

Not all scientific explanations work by describing causal connections between events or the world's overall causal structure. In addition, mathematicians regard some proofs as explaining why the theorems being proved do in fact hold. This book proposes new philosophical accounts of many kinds o...

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1. Verfasser: Lange, Marc 1963- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York, NY Oxford University Press 2016
Schriftenreihe:Oxford studies in philosophy of science
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Zusammenfassung:Not all scientific explanations work by describing causal connections between events or the world's overall causal structure. In addition, mathematicians regard some proofs as explaining why the theorems being proved do in fact hold. This book proposes new philosophical accounts of many kinds of non-causal explanations in science and mathematics
Beschreibung:Previously issued in print: 2016
ISBN:9780190269500
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190269487.001.0001

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