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1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 3. Analysis of Preconditions

14600	Analysis aims at secure necessary and sufficient conditions [Schaffer,J]
	Full Idea: An analysis is an attempt at providing finite, non-circular, and intuitively adequate necessary and sufficient conditions.
	From: Jonathan Schaffer (Causation and Laws of Nature [2008], 3)
	A reaction: Specifying the 'conditions' for something doesn't seem to quite add up to telling you what the thing is. A trivial side-effect might qualify as a sufficient condition for something, if it always happens.