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Ideas for 'Logic and Epistemology of Causal Relations', 'works' and 'The Possibility of Metaphysics'

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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 5. Direction of causation

8363	p is a cause and q an effect (not vice versa) if manipulations of p change q [Wright,GHv]

8364	We can imagine controlling floods by controlling rain, but not vice versa [Wright,GHv]

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 8. Particular Causation / a. Observation of causation

8366	The very notion of a cause depends on agency and action [Wright,GHv]

8362	We give regularities a causal character by subjecting them to experiment [Wright,GHv]

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 8. Particular Causation / b. Causal relata

8317	To cite facts as the elements in causation is to confuse states of affairs with states of objects [Lowe]

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 8. Particular Causation / c. Conditions of causation

8360	We must further analyse conditions for causation, into quantifiers or modal concepts [Wright,GHv]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 2. Types of Laws

8365	Some laws are causal (Ohm's Law), but others are conceptual principles (conservation of energy) [Wright,GHv]