Causas Excludentes

We defend J. Kim's principle of explanatory exclusion from a recent criticism advanced by A Marras. We show that the principle follows from a less controversial principle of causal exclusion together with the assumption that claims of explanation are factual. We resolve the tension produced by...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: André Fuhrmann, Wilson Mendonça
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina 2000-12-01
Series:Principia: An International Journal of Epistemology
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Online Access:http://www.periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/principia/article/view/19094/17606