Explanatory abstractions
(2017)
Journal Article
Jansson, L., & Saatsi, J. (2019). Explanatory abstractions. British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 70(3), 817–844. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjps/axx016
A number of philosophers have recently suggested that some abstract, plausibly non-causal and/or mathematical, explanations explain in a way that is radically different from the way causal explanation explain. Namely, while causal explanations explai... Read More about Explanatory abstractions.