Combining Texts

Ideas for 'Dthat', 'Inference to the Best Explanation (2nd)' and 'Specimen inventorum'

unexpand these ideas     |    start again     |     choose another area for these texts

display all the ideas for this combination of texts

---

1 idea

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / c. Counterfactual causation

16847	Counterfactual causation makes causes necessary but not sufficient [Lipton]
	Full Idea: The counterfactual conception of causation makes causes necessary but not sufficient conditions for their effects.
	From: Peter Lipton (Inference to the Best Explanation (2nd) [2004], 08 'From cause')
	A reaction: Interesting. Then causes would be necessary, but would not necessitate. So what makes a cause sufficient?