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Full Idea
If we take causal language at face value and give up reducing causal concepts to non-causal, non-modal concepts, we can give up the counterfactual dependence account.
Gist of Idea
We can give up the counterfactual account if we take causal language at face value
Source
Stephen Mumford (Laws in Nature [2004], 10.5)
Book Ref
Mumford,Stephen: 'Laws in Nature' [Routledge 2006], p.169