1.Department of Philosophy,Lund University Kungshuset,Lund,Sweden
Abstract:
This paper defends a unificationist theory of explanation. I first explore the notion of understanding entrenched by the unificationist.
Then I present an overview of various kinds of causal statements and explanations. It is claimed that only genuine causal
law statements have explanatory power. Finally, I attempt to fit causal explanations into the unificationist theory of explanation.
In this way, I try to provide an account of how causal explanations provide understanding of the phenomena that they explain.