Explanation, Invariance, and Intervention
- 1 January 1997
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Philosophy of Science
- Vol. 64 (S4) , S26-S41
- https://doi.org/10.1086/392584
Abstract
This paper defends a counterfactual account of explanation, according to which successful explanation requires tracing patterns of counterfactual dependence of a special sort, involving what I call...Keywords
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