Counterfactual Overdetermination vs. the Causal Exclusion Problem

History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences 27 (3/4):479 - 490 (2005)
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This paper aims to show that a counterfactual approach to causation is not sufficient to provide a solution to the causal exclusion problem in the form of systematic overdetermination. Taking into account the truthmakers of causal counterfactuals provides a strong argument in favour of the identity of causes in situations of translevel, causation

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