Because without cause : non-causal explanations in science and mathematics / Marc Lange.
2016
QA273.A35 L364 2016
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Title
Because without cause : non-causal explanations in science and mathematics / Marc Lange.
Author
Lange, Marc, 1963- author.
ISBN
9780190269500 (electronic book)
Published
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource : illustrations.
Call Number
QA273.A35 L364 2016
Dewey Decimal Classification
511.31
Summary
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 of non-causal explanations in science and mathematics.
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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 of non-causal explanations in science and mathematics.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on November 8, 2016).
Series
Oxford studies in philosophy of science.
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Print version: 9780190269487
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