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'Causes and Counterfactuals', 'Person and Object' and 'Function and Concept'
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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 1. Nature
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The concept of physical necessity is basic to both causation, and to the concept of nature [Chisholm]
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 1. Causation
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Causal statements are used to explain, to predict, to control, to attribute responsibility, and in theories [Kim]
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 2. Types of cause
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Some propose a distinct 'agent causation', as well as 'event causation' [Chisholm]
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / c. Counterfactual causation
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Many counterfactuals have nothing to do with causation [Kim, by Tooley]
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Counterfactuals can express four other relations between events, apart from causation [Kim]
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Causation is not the only dependency relation expressed by counterfactuals [Kim]
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 7. Strictness of Laws
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A 'law of nature' is just something which is physically necessary [Chisholm]
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 9. Counterfactual Claims
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Many counterfactual truths do not imply causation ('if yesterday wasn't Monday, it isn't Tuesday') [Kim, by Psillos]
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