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Ideas for 'Confessions', 'New work for a theory of universals' and 'Darwinian Metaphysics: Species and Essentialism'

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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / c. Counterfactual causation
Counterfactuals 'backtrack' if a different present implies a different past [Lewis]
Causal counterfactuals must avoid backtracking, to avoid epiphenomena and preemption [Lewis]