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Titre(s) : Explanation beyond causation [Texte imprimé] : philosophical perspectives on non-causal explanations / edited by Alexander Reutlinger and Juha Saatsi
Publication : Oxford : Oxford university press, 2018
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (xi-269 p.) : illustrations ; 24 cm
Note(s) : Bibliogr. en fin de chapitres. Index
What forms does explanation take if it is not based on causation? Fifteen leading
philosophers explore this hot topic, arising from a shift in philosophical understanding
of the nature of explanation which reflects actual explanatory practices in science,
mathematics, and philosophy
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Reutlinger, Alexander (1980-....). Éditeur scientifique
Saatsi, Juha. Éditeur scientifique
Sujet(s) : Causalité
Causalité
Explication
Genre ou forme : Études de cas
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780198777946. - ISBN 0198777949. - ISBN 9780191823404 (erroné) (ebook)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45467736q
Notice n° :
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Table des matières : Machine generated contents note:pt. I. General Approaches -- ; 1.. Because Without
Cause: Scientific Explanations by Constraint / / Marc Lange ; ; 2.. Accommodating
Explanatory Pluralism / / Christopher Pincock ; ; 3.. Eight Other Questions about
Explanation / / Angela Potochnik ; ; 4.. Extending the Counterfactual Theory of Explanation
/ / Alexander Reutlinger ; ; 5.. Mathematical Route to Causal Understanding / / Michael
Strevens ; ; 6.. Some Varieties of Non-Causal Explanation / / James Woodward ; ;
pt. II. Case Studies from the Sciences -- ; 7.. Searching for Non-Causal Explanations
in a Sea of Causes / / Alisa Bokulich ; ; 8.. Development and Application of Efficient
Coding Explanation in Neuroscience / / Mazviita Chirimuuta ; ; 9.. Symmetries and
Explanatory Dependencies in Physics / / Juha Saatsi ; ; 10.. Non-Causal Character
of Renormalization Group Explanations / / Margaret Morrison ; ; pt. III. Beyond the
Sciences -- ; 11.. Two Flavours of Mathematical Explanation / / Kelvin McQueen ;
; 12.. When Are Structural Equation Models Apt? Causation versus Grounding / / Lina
Jansson.