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'Mind, Brain and the Quantum', 'Logic and Epistemology of Causal Relations' and 'The DhammaPada'
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 5. Direction of causation
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p is a cause and q an effect (not vice versa) if manipulations of p change q [Wright,GHv]
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We can imagine controlling floods by controlling rain, but not vice versa [Wright,GHv]
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 8. Particular Causation / a. Observation of causation
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The very notion of a cause depends on agency and action [Wright,GHv]
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We give regularities a causal character by subjecting them to experiment [Wright,GHv]
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 8. Particular Causation / c. Conditions of causation
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We must further analyse conditions for causation, into quantifiers or modal concepts [Wright,GHv]
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / b. Nomological causation
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Maybe causation is a form of rational explanation, not an observation or a state of mind [Lockwood]
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