Because without cause : non-causal explanations in science and mathematics /

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 o...

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Main Author:	Lange, Marc, 1963- (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Series:	Oxford studies in philosophy of science.
Subjects:	Probabilities > Philosophy. Conditional expectations (Mathematics) Science > Philosophy. Mathematics > Philosophy. Probabilités > Philosophie. Espérances conditionnelles (Mathématiques) Mathématiques > Philosophie. Mathematics > Philosophy Probabilities > Philosophy Science > Philosophy Electronic books.
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