Are There Non-Causal Explanations (of Particular Events)?

Philosophers have proposed many alleged examples of non-causal explanations of particular events. I discuss several well-known examples and argue that they fail to be non-causal. 1 Questions 2 Preliminaries 3 Explanations That Cite Causally Inert Entities 4 Explanations That Merely Cite Laws I 5 Stellar Collapse 6 Explanations That Merely Cite Laws II 7 A Final Example 8 Conclusion