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Ideas for 'Buddhacarita', 'Cratylus' and 'Event Causation: counterfactual analysis'

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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 1. Causation

8441	Delaying a fire doesn't cause it, but hastening it might [Bennett]

8436	Either cause and effect are subsumed under a conditional because of properties, or it is counterfactual [Bennett]

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 2. Types of cause

8435	Causes are between events ('the explosion') or between facts/states of affairs ('a bomb dropped') [Bennett]

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

8437	The full counterfactual story asserts a series of events, because counterfactuals are not transitive [Bennett]

8438	A counterfactual about an event implies something about the event's essence [Bennett]