NEKAUZÁLNA EXPLANÁCIA: HEMPELOVE DEDIČSTVO A JEHO MODERNÉ PODOBY

• Authors: Makovník Dalibor

Title variants

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Non-causal explanation: Hempel’s legacy and its modern versions

• Languages of publication: SK

Abstracts

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This paper not only summarizes Hempel`s analysis of the D-N model that shows how it is possible for the covering-law model to provide both a causal account of particular facts and a non-casual one, but also offers four prominent examples of non-causal explanation. Subsequently a detailed analysis of the examples shows that there is a common denominator between these examples: the presence of a law that describes an empirical system in its atemporal state. But the paper also shows what differences are there in the applicability of the laws in the given explanations. Finally, it reviews the evolution of the conception of non-causal explanation with respect to the discussed examples.

Keywords

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NON-CAUSAL; D-N MODEL; SCIENTIFIC LAW; HEMPEL

• Publisher: Institute of Philosophy, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Filozofia (Philosophy)
• Year: 2021
• Volume: 76
• Issue: 10
• Pages: 752 – 765

Contributors

author

Makovník Dalibor

• Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave, Filozofická fakulta, Gondova 2, 814 99 Bratislava, Slovak Republic

• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3019-8348

Identifiers

DOI

https://doi.org/10.31577/filozofia.2021.76.10.2