Laws of Nature, Causation, and Supervenience

actual world analysis argued argument assumption atom backwards causation basic C₁ causal chain causal laws causal loops causal potentialities causal relations cause claim concept of causation conditional powers conditional probability conjunctive fork correlations counterexamples counterfactual covariance defined determined disjunction e's firing effect entail example explain expressed fact factors follows given hold idea instantiated INUS condition involves irreflexive Jaegwon Kim Journal of Philosophy Kaon lawlike laws of nature Lewis logical material implication mental minimal sufficient condition n-tuple necessary and sufficient neuron nomic nomological statements notion object occurs P(EF particular Philosophy of Science possible worlds postulates predicates probabilistic causation probabilistic dependence probability problem property Q propositions psychophysical question reducibility reference Reichenbach relations among universals sense singular causal statements singularist account sort specific statistical relevance supervenience Suppes Suppose temporal theory of causation things tion true truth conditions truths of kind unbroken causal process Wesley Salmon