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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 1. Causation
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Delaying a fire doesn't cause it, but hastening it might [Bennett]
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Either cause and effect are subsumed under a conditional because of properties, or it is counterfactual [Bennett]
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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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Causes are between events ('the explosion') or between facts/states of affairs ('a bomb dropped') [Bennett]
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / c. Counterfactual causation
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The full counterfactual story asserts a series of events, because counterfactuals are not transitive [Bennett]
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A counterfactual about an event implies something about the event's essence [Bennett]
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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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