{"product_id":"reasons-why","title":"Reasons Why","description":"\u003cp\u003eReasons Why first argues that what philosophers are really after, or at least should be after, when they seek a theory of explanation, is a theory of answers to why-questions. It then advances a thesis about what form a theory of answers to why-questions should take: a theory of answers to why-questions should say what it takes for one fact to be a reason why another fact obtains. The book's main thesis, then, is a theory of reasons why. Every reason why\n\u003cbr\u003esome event happened is either a cause, or a ground, of that event. Challenging this thesis are many examples philosophers have thought they have found of \"non-causal explanations.\" Reasons Why uses two ideas to\n\u003cbr\u003eshow that these examples are not counterexamples to the theory it defends. First is the idea that not every part of a good response to a why-question is part of an answer to that why-question. Second is the idea that not every reason why something is a reason why an event happened is itself a reason why that event happened. In the book's final chapter its theory of reasons why is extended to cover teleological answers to why-questions, and answers to why-questions that give an agent's reason\n\u003cbr\u003efor acting.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43935013437678,"sku":"9780198822479","price":51.47,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/9612\/7726\/files\/9780198822479.jpg?v=1706247373","url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/reasons-why","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}