Explanation in Metaphysics?

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  • DOI 10.1007/s12133-011-0084-4
  • OpenAlex ID W2156145754
  • Type Article
  • Language EN
  • Published 07 Sep 2011
  • Volume 12 (2)
  • Pages 165–181
  • Source Metaphysica
  • Publisher De Gruyter
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Explanation in Metaphysics?

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Arguments from explanation, i.e. arguments in which the explanatory value of a hypothesis or premise is appealed to, are common in science, and explanatory considerations are becoming more popular in metaphysics. The paper begins by arguing that explanatory arguments in science—even when these are metaphysical explanations—may fail to be explanatory in metaphysics; there is a distinction to be dra…

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