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One part of the true theory of actual causation is a set of conditions responsible for eliminating all of the non-causes of an effect that can be discerned at the level of counterfactual structure. I defend a proposal for this part of the theory.
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| Keywords | Causation Causal Models Actual Causation Token Causation Structural Equations Switching Trumping Counterfactual Theories of Causation Singular Causation Regularity Theories of Causation |
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