A pluralist account of non-causal explanation in science and mathematics
Metascience 27 (1):3-9 (2018)
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Contribution to a review symposium on Marc Lange's Because without cause: Non-causal explanation in science and mathematics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017
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| Keywords | Scientific explanation Mathematical explanation Non-causal explanation |
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| DOI | 10.1007/s11016-017-0249-z |
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On Explanations From 'Geometry of Motion'.Juha Saatsi - 2018 - British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 69 (1):253–273.
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The Because of Because Without Cause†.Daniele Molinini - 2018 - Philosophia Mathematica 26 (2):275-286.
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