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All the ideas for 'Causes and Counterfactuals', 'Probabilistic Causality' and 'Commentary on the Sentences'

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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 12. Essential Parts
16792 If parts change, the whole changes [William of Ockham]
26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 1. Causation
8430 Causal statements are used to explain, to predict, to control, to attribute responsibility, and in theories [Kim]
26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 8. Particular Causation / e. Probabilistic causation
8409 Probabilistic causal concepts are widely used in everyday life and in science [Salmon]
26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / c. Counterfactual causation
8428 Causation is not the only dependency relation expressed by counterfactuals [Kim]
8396 Many counterfactuals have nothing to do with causation [Kim, by Tooley]
8429 Counterfactuals can express four other relations between events, apart from causation [Kim]
26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 9. Counterfactual Claims
4781 Many counterfactual truths do not imply causation ('if yesterday wasn't Monday, it isn't Tuesday') [Kim, by Psillos]