Combining Philosophers

Ideas for David Fair, Peter Watson and Peter Lipton

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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 4. Naturalised causation

8326	Science has shown that causal relations are just transfers of energy or momentum [Fair, by Sosa/Tooley]

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Fair shifted his view to talk of counterfactuals about energy flow [Fair, by Schaffer,J]

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 7. Eliminating causation

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The Uncertainty Principle implies that cause and effect can't be measured [Watson]

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / c. Counterfactual causation

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Counterfactual causation makes causes necessary but not sufficient [Lipton]