Khalifa, Kareem and Doble, Gabriel and Millson, Jared (2018) Counterfactuals and Explanatory Pluralism. [Preprint]

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Abstract

Recent literature on noncausal explanation raises the question as to whether
explanatory monism, the thesis that all explanations submit to the same analysis, is true. The leading monist proposal holds that all explanations support change-relating counterfactuals. We provide several objections to this monist position.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Khalifa, Kareem kkhalifa@middlebury.edu Doble, Gabriel gdoble@jd20.law.harvard.edu Millson, Jared jmillson@agnesscott.edu
Additional Information:	Forthcoming in BJPS
Keywords:	explanation; pluralism; counterfactual
Subjects:	General Issues > Causation General Issues > Explanation
Depositing User:	Dr. Kareem Khalifa
Date Deposited:	13 May 2018 12:28
Last Modified:	13 May 2018 12:28
Item ID:	14664
Subjects:	General Issues > Causation General Issues > Explanation
Date:	2018
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/14664

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