Explanation is asymmetric: if A explains B, then B does not explain A. Tradition- ally, 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
In this paper I defend an intermediate position between the ‘bare mathematical results’ view and the...
This paper discusses some procedures developed in recent work in machine learning for inferring caus...
Theories of explanation seek to tell us what distinctively explanatory information is. The most ambi...
Explanation is asymmetric: if A explains B, then B does not explain A. Tradition- ally, the asymmetr...
The overall aim of this paper is to examine the claim that explanation is asymmetrical because causa...
The problem of explanatory non-symmetries provides the strongest reason to abandon the view that law...
This paper examines some recent attempts that use counterfactuals to understand the asymmetry of non...
It is often supposed that metaphysical explanation is asymmetric: that for all x and y, if x metaphy...
The general view is that metaphysical explanation is asymmetric. For instance, if resemblance facts ...
Causal accounts of scientific explanation are currently broadly accepted (though not universally so)...
Causation is an asymmetric relation-if C causes E, then E does not cause C. In this thesis I will ar...
When evaluating the success of causal theories of explanation the focus has typically been on the le...
For the past 40 years, causal-mechanical approaches to explanation in science have been the received...
In this paper I defend an intermediate position between the ‘bare mathematical results’ view and the...
This paper discusses some procedures developed in recent work in machine learning for inferring caus...
Theories of explanation seek to tell us what distinctively explanatory information is. The most ambi...
Explanation is asymmetric: if A explains B, then B does not explain A. Tradition- ally, the asymmetr...
The overall aim of this paper is to examine the claim that explanation is asymmetrical because causa...
The problem of explanatory non-symmetries provides the strongest reason to abandon the view that law...
This paper examines some recent attempts that use counterfactuals to understand the asymmetry of non...
It is often supposed that metaphysical explanation is asymmetric: that for all x and y, if x metaphy...
The general view is that metaphysical explanation is asymmetric. For instance, if resemblance facts ...
Causal accounts of scientific explanation are currently broadly accepted (though not universally so)...
Causation is an asymmetric relation-if C causes E, then E does not cause C. In this thesis I will ar...
When evaluating the success of causal theories of explanation the focus has typically been on the le...
For the past 40 years, causal-mechanical approaches to explanation in science have been the received...
In this paper I defend an intermediate position between the ‘bare mathematical results’ view and the...
This paper discusses some procedures developed in recent work in machine learning for inferring caus...
Theories of explanation seek to tell us what distinctively explanatory information is. The most ambi...
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