Really Statistical Explanations and Genetic Drift.

Really statistical (RS) explanation is a hitherto neglected form of noncausal scientific explanation. Explanations in population biology that appeal to drift are RS explanations. An RS explanation supplies a kind of understanding that a causal explanation of the same result cannot supply. Roughly sp...

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Published in:	Philosophy of Science Vol. 80; no. 2; pp. 169 - 189
Main Author:	Lange, Marc
Format:	Article
Published:	Cambridge University Press Apr2013
Subjects:	Causation (Philosophy) Explanation Statistics Population biology Biology
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost