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• Eric Hiddleston (2005). A Causal Theory of Counterfactuals. Noûs 39 (4):632–657.
  Causal Theories of Counterfactuals in Philosophy of Language

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• Eric Hiddleston (2005). Causal Powers. British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 56 (1).
  Nancy Cartwright offers an account of causal powers, and argues that it explains some important general features of scientific method. Patricia Cheng argues that this theory is superior as a psychological theory of learning to standard models of conditioning. I extend and develop the theory, and argue that it provides the best explanation of a number of problem cases for philosophical theories of causation, including preemption, overdetermination and puzzles about transitivity. Hitchcock and Halpern & Pearl on ‘actual causes’ Problems and (...) morals 2.1 Puzzles about prevention 2.2 Counterfactuals Causal powers 3.1 Generative causal power 3.2 Preventative causal power Net and component powers ‘Actual’ or ‘successful’ causes Solutions to puzzle cases Conclusion. (shrink)

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• Eric Hiddleston (2005). Timothy O'Connor, Persons and Causes (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000). Noûs 39 (3):541–556.
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