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'Causal Explanation', 'Identity over Time' and 'Modern Philosophy:introduction and survey'
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 1. Causation
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'Cause' used to just mean any valid explanation [Scruton]
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 2. Types of cause
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Explaining match lighting in general is like explaining one lighting of a match [Lewis]
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 8. Particular Causation / d. Selecting the cause
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Ways of carving causes may be natural, but never 'right' [Lewis]
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We only pick 'the' cause for the purposes of some particular enquiry. [Lewis]
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / c. Counterfactual causation
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Causal dependence is counterfactual dependence between events [Lewis]
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