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'Causes and Counterfactuals', 'Essays on Intellectual Powers 2: Senses' and 'Laws in Nature'
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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 / 9. General Causation / b. Nomological causation
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Singular causes, and identities, might be necessary without falling under a law [Mumford]
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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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We can give up the counterfactual account if we take causal language at face value [Mumford]
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / d. Causal necessity
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It is only properties which are the source of necessity in the world [Mumford]
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