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2542 | Causation in the material world is energy-transfer, of motion, electricity or gravity [McGinn] |
Full Idea: Causation in the material world works by energy transfer of some sort: transfer of motion, of electrical energy, of gravitational force. | |
From: Colin McGinn (The Mysterious Flame [1999], p.92) |
16847 | Counterfactual causation makes causes necessary but not sufficient [Lipton] |
Full Idea: The counterfactual conception of causation makes causes necessary but not sufficient conditions for their effects. | |
From: Peter Lipton (Inference to the Best Explanation (2nd) [2004], 08 'From cause') | |
A reaction: Interesting. Then causes would be necessary, but would not necessitate. So what makes a cause sufficient? |