Difference-Making without Making a Difference
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Abstract (arXiv)
Over a series of seven papers, Andreas & G"unther have introduced seven definitions of actual causation and have classified them as belonging to three different, competing, types of accounts: factual difference-making, counterfactual difference-making, and regularity-based. I show that their most recent - factual difference-making - definition instantiates all three types, thereby proving that these are distinctions without a difference. I further compare their novel account to the other six accounts on several crucial examples, revealing that this undermines all seven of their accounts.
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- 2021Causal Sufficiency and Actual Causationcited by 29
- 2020The Counterfactual NESS Definition of Causationcited by 8
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