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Ideas for 'Causal Explanation', 'Dispositions' and 'Gdel's Proof'

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10. Modality / B. Possibility / 7. Chance

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We can explain a chance event, but can never show why some other outcome did not occur [Lewis]

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 8. Conditionals / c. Truth-function conditionals

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Truth-functional conditionals can't distinguish whether they are causal or accidental [Mumford]

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 8. Conditionals / d. Non-truthfunction conditionals

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Dispositions are not equivalent to stronger-than-material conditionals [Mumford]