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8409 | Probabilistic causal concepts are widely used in everyday life and in science |
Full Idea: Probabilistic causal concepts are used in innumerable contexts of everyday life and science. ...In causes of cancer, road accidents, or food poisoning, for example. | |||
From: Wesley Salmon (Probabilistic Causality [1980], p.137) | |||
A reaction: [Second half compresses his examples] This strikes me as rather a weak point. No one ever thought that a particular road accident was actually caused by the high probability of it at a particular location. Causes are in the mechanisms. |