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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 8. Particular Causation / e. Probabilistic causation

16175	A cause won't increase the effect frequency if other causes keep interfering [Cartwright,N]
	Full Idea: A cause ought to increase the frequency of the effect, but this fact may not show up in the probabilities if other causes are at work.
	From: Nancy Cartwright (How the Laws of Physics Lie [1983], 1.1)
	A reaction: [She cites Patrick Suppes for this one] Presumably in experimental situations you can weed out the interference, but that threatens to eliminate mere 'probability' entirely.