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'Causes and Counterfactuals', 'Reflections on my Critics' and 'Nature and Observability of Causal Relations'
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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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Causation is defined in terms of a single sequence, and constant conjunction is no part of it [Ducasse]
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 8. Particular Causation / a. Observation of causation
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We see what is in common between causes to assign names to them, not to perceive them [Ducasse]
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 8. Particular Causation / c. Conditions of causation
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Causes are either sufficient, or necessary, or necessitated, or contingent upon [Ducasse]
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When a brick and a canary-song hit a window, we ignore the canary if we are interested in the breakage [Ducasse]
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 8. Particular Causation / d. Selecting the cause
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A cause is a change which occurs close to the effect and just before it [Ducasse]
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / a. Constant conjunction
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Recurrence is only relevant to the meaning of law, not to the meaning of cause [Ducasse]
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / b. Nomological causation
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We are interested in generalising about causes and effects purely for practical purposes [Ducasse]
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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 / 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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