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A probabilistic and counterfactual theory of causality is developed within the framework of branching time. The theory combines ideas developed by James Fetzer, Donald Nute, Patrick Suppes, Ming Xu, John Pollock, David Lewis and Mellor among others.
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Oksanen, M. Probabilistic Causation in Branching Time. Synthese 132, 89–117 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1019622918223
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