Counterfactuals and Explanatory Pluralism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8399720 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kareem Khalifa (Middlebury College, corresponding author), Gabriel Doble (Harvard University Press, corresponding author), Jared Millson (0000-0001-5580-0580, Agnes Scott College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 71 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 1439-1460 |
| Publication date | 2020-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-0882 • E-ISSN: 1464-3537 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/bjps/axy048 |
| OpenAlex | W2799538447 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 24 |
Recent literature on non-causal explanation raises the question as to whether explanatory monism, the thesis that all explanations submit to the same analysis, is true. The leading monist proposal holds that all explanations support change-relating counterfactuals. We provide several objections to this monist position. 1. Introduction 2. Change-Relating Monism's Three Problems 3. Dependency and Monism: Unhappy Together 4. Another Challenge: Counterfactual Incidentalism 4.1. High-grade necessity 4.2. Unity in diversity 5. Conclusion
Counterfactual conditional · Counterfactual thinking · Economics · Epistemology · Monism · Pluralism (philosophy) · Positive economics · Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics · Philosophy · Philosophy and History of Science · Philosophy and Theoretical Science
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| Unique citing works | 10 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,43 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2025 (7) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |