Causation, recipes and theory

Theoria 29 (3):265-276 (1963)
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A critical discussion of the "recipe" theory of causation, as proposed by Douglas Gasking. The author also proposes his own theory of the ordinary meaning of statements of the form "A causes B."

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10.1111/j.1755-2567.1963.tb00027.x

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Laurence Houlgate
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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