Empty-Base Explanation

• Tác giả: Yannic Kappes
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• ISBN-13: 978-3111069241
• ISBN-13: 978-3111069500
• ISBN-13: 978-3111069722
• Thông tin xuất bản: Berlin/Boston De Gruyter 2023
• Mô tả vật lý: 1 electronic resource (195 p.)
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 375379
• Chủ đề: 1. Explanation; 2. Grounding; 3. Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge; 4. Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology; 5. Western philosophy, from c 1900 -

Tóm tắt

Why does a dough rise? We might cite the presence of yeast as a reason why and explain the mechanism by which one brings about the other. This book investigates the idea of Empty-Base Explanation, in which a phenomenon is brought about by a mechanism alone, without help from any reasons why. Examples of concrete applications in metaphysics, epistemology, logic, and philosophical theology further explain the concept of this philosophical tool.