2020
DOI: 10.1111/theo.12281
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Are Identities Unexplainable? Towards a Non‐causal Contrastive Explanation of Identities

Abstract: Can an identity be the proper subject of an explanation? A popular stance, albeit not one often argued for, gives a negative answer to this question. Building from a contentious passage from Jaegwon Kim in this direction, we reconstruct an argument to the conclusion that identities, to the extent in which they are necessary, cannot be explained. The notion of contrastive explanation, characterized as difference-seeking, will be crucial for this argument; however, we will eventually find the argument to be unsa… Show more

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