Skow, Bradford

Reasons Why

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ISBN 13:: 9780198822479
author:: Skow, Bradford
format:: Paperback / softback
publisher:: Oxford University Press
language:: English
Publication Year:: 2019
Pages:: 208
Dimensions:: 21.6 x 14.8 x 1.1 centimetres (0
Genre:: Nonfiction,Philosophy, Logic,
Condition:: New
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Bradford Skow's Reasons Why explores the nature of explanation and why-questions in philosophy. At its core, the book argues that a theory of explanation should be concerned with what makes one fact a reason for another to occur.

The author presents a thesis on how this theory should work: it should identify the conditions under which one fact is a reason for another to exist. Skow then examines examples often cited as counterexamples to this theory, and shows that they do not provide evidence against it.

Reasons Why extends its theory to cover teleological explanations and agent's reasons for action, providing a comprehensive framework for understanding why-questions in philosophy.

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