Ideas from 'Causes and Conditions' by J.L. Mackie [1965], by Theme Structure

[found in 'Causation' (ed/tr Sosa,E. /Tooley,M.) [OUP 1993,0-19-875094-3]].

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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 8. Particular Causation / a. Observation of causation

8337	Some says mental causation is distinct because we can recognise single occurrences

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 8. Particular Causation / b. Causal relata

8342	Mackie tries to analyse singular causal statements, but his entities are too vague for events [Kim]

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 8. Particular Causation / c. Conditions of causation

8343	Necessity and sufficiency are best suited to properties and generic events, not individual events [Kim]

8385	A cause is part of a wider set of conditions which suffices for its effect [Crane]

8335	Necessary conditions are like counterfactuals, and sufficient conditions are like factual conditionals

8336	The INUS account interprets single events, and sequences, causally, without laws being known

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 8. Particular Causation / d. Selecting the cause

8333	A cause is an Insufficient but Necessary part of an Unnecessary but Sufficient condition

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / b. Nomological causation

8395	Mackie has a nomological account of general causes, and a subjunctive conditional account of single ones [Tooley]

8334	The virus causes yellow fever, and is 'the' cause; sweets cause tooth decay, but they are not 'the' cause