Wilhelm, Isaac (2020) Interventionist Explanation and the Problem of Single Variable Boundary Constraints. Interventionist Explanation and the Problem of Single Variable Boundary Constraints.
![[img]](https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/style/images/fileicons/text.png) |
Text
Interventionist Explanation and the Problem of Single Variable Boundary Constraints.pdf Download (366kB) |
Abstract
According to Interventionism, explanations cite invariant relations which hold among multiple variables. Interventionism incorrectly implies, however, that many common scientific explanations---which cite single-variable boundary constraints---are not actually explanatory. So I propose a different account of explanation, similar in spirit to Interventionism, which gets those cases of scientific explanation right.
| Export/Citation: | EndNote | BibTeX | Dublin Core | ASCII/Text Citation (Chicago) | HTML Citation | OpenURL |
| Social Networking: |
| Item Type: | Published Article or Volume | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Creators: |
|
||||||
| Keywords: | explanation, interventionism, philosophy of science, metaphysics | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Causation General Issues > Philosophers of Science |
||||||
| Depositing User: | Isaac Wilhelm | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 13 Dec 2025 13:25 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 13 Dec 2025 13:25 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 27459 | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Interventionist Explanation and the Problem of Single Variable Boundary Constraints | ||||||
| Publisher: | Nous | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Causation General Issues > Philosophers of Science |
||||||
| Date: | 2020 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/27459 |
Monthly Views for the past 3 years
Monthly Downloads for the past 3 years
Plum Analytics
Actions (login required)
 |
View Item |
![[feed]](http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/style/images/feed-icon-32x32.png){kind=icon}