@PHDTHESIS{ 2024:1848931468, title = {Rescuing the fact-insensitivity thesis}, year = {2024}, url = "https://tede2.pucrs.br/tede2/handle/tede/11468", abstract = "This thesis explores the debates surrounding G.A. Cohen?s fact-insensitivity thesis. I argue that, so long we take for granted either the counterfactual theory of explanation aligned with fictionalism about grounding or unificationism about explanation, we have a favorable outcome for his thesis. In the first part I challenge, without any big assumption, some the critiques the thesis received in the literature and all the attempts to defend it from the critiques. In the second part I explore the logical consequences of some theories of explanation (CTE and unificationism) for Cohen? thesis. I demonstrate that the former is wanting to deal with a regress problem, but not the latter. I conclude that, in the light of unificationism, Cohen?s thesis remains unimpaired by any of its critiques", publisher = {Pontif?cia Universidade Cat?lica do Rio Grande do Sul}, scholl = {Programa de P?s-Gradua??o em Filosofia}, note = {Escola de Humanidades} }