Khalifa, Kareem and Millson, Jared and Risjord, Mark (2018) Inference, Explanation, and Asymmetry. [Preprint]

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Abstract

Explanation is asymmetric: if A explains B, then B does not explain A. Traditionally, the asymmetry of explanation was thought to favor causal accounts of explanation over their rivals, such as those that take explanations to be inferences. In this paper, we develop a new inferential approach to explanation that outperforms causal approaches in accounting for the asymmetry of explanation.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Khalifa, Kareem kkhalifa@middlebury.edu Millson, Jared jmillson@agnesscott.edu Risjord, Mark mrisjor@emory.edu
Additional Information:	Forthcoming in Synthese
Keywords:	explanation, inference, asymmetry, causation
Subjects:	General Issues > Causation General Issues > Explanation
Depositing User:	Dr. Kareem Khalifa
Date Deposited:	02 May 2018 20:53
Last Modified:	02 May 2018 20:53
Item ID:	14631
Official URL:	https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11229...
DOI or Unique Handle:	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-018-1791-y
Subjects:	General Issues > Causation General Issues > Explanation
Date:	1 May 2018
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/14631

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