Lewis Causation is a Special Case of Spohn Causation

British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 62 (1):207-210 (2011)
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Abstract

This paper shows that causation in the sense of Lewis is a special case of causation in the sense of Spohn.

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Franz Huber
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Causality: Models, Reasoning and Inference.Judea Pearl - 2000 - New York: Cambridge University Press.
Causation.David Lewis - 1973 - Journal of Philosophy 70 (17):556-567.
Causality.Judea Pearl - 2000 - New York: Cambridge University Press.

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