Because without cause
Subtitle: non-causal explanations in science and mathematics
By: Marc Lange
Series: Oxford studies in philosophy of science; Oxford studies in philosophy of science
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2016
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780190269500
Subjects: Probabilities; Philosophy; Conditional expectations (Mathematics); Science; Mathematics; Probabilités; Philosophie; Espérances conditionnelles (Mathématiques); Mathématiques
Other titles: Oxford University Press Scholarship Online (UPSO). Philosophy.
Description: 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.
Notes: Previously issued in print: 2016.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Specialized.