Are there ontological explanations?

Poznan Studies in the Philosophy of the Sciences and the Humanities 91 (1):277-283 (2006)
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There is a huge philosophical literature on scientific explanation, and no one seriously denies that the sciences explain in one way or another. But what about ontology? I will argue that ontological laws and ontological theories can explain. And I will point at the differences between ontological explanations and their scientific counterparts.

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