Redundant Causation

1995/12/01 by Michael McDermott · 6 citations
Arts and Humanities · Psychology · #Philosophy and History of Science #Philosophy and Theoretical Science #Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics

paper · doi:10.1093/bjps/46.4.523

Abstract

I propose an amendment of Lewis's counterfactual analysis of causation, designed to overcome some difficulties concerning redundant causation.

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