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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 1. Causation
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Modern accounts of causation involve either processes or counterfactuals [Baron/Miller]
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 4. Naturalised causation
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Is there cause outside matter, and can it be separated, and is it one or many? [Aristotle]
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The main process theory of causation says it is transference of mass, energy, momentum or charge [Baron/Miller]
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If causes are processes, what is causation by omission? (Distinguish legal from scientific causes?) [Baron/Miller]
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 8. Particular Causation / c. Conditions of causation
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We exercise to be fit, but need fitness to exercise [Aristotle]
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / b. Nomological causation
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Pure Forms and numbers can't cause anything, and especially not movement [Aristotle]
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / c. Counterfactual causation
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The counterfactual theory of causation handles the problem no matter what causes actually are [Baron/Miller]
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Counterfactual theories struggle with pre-emption by a causal back-up system [Baron/Miller]
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / d. Causal necessity
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When a power and its object meet in the right conditions, an action necessarily follows [Aristotle]
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