Are There Non-Causal Explanations (of Particular Events)?

British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 65 (3):445-467 (2014)
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Philosophers have proposed many alleged examples of non-causal explana- tions of particular events. I discuss several well-known examples and argue that they fail to be non-causal.

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Bradford Skow
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