Causation, influence, and effluence Jonathan Schaffer Causation, says David Lewis now, is to be understood as the ancestral of counterfactual influence, where C influences E (roughly) iff little changes in C map onto big

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Date: 2011-01-21 08:34:59 Metaphysicians Analytic philosophy Causality Philosophy of science Conditionals Jonathan Schaffer David Lewis Causation Law Philosophy Analytic philosophers		Causation, influence, and effluence Jonathan Schaffer Causation, says David Lewis now, is to be understood as the ancestral of counterfactual influence, where C influences E (roughly) iff little changes in C map onto big Add to Reading List Source URL: www.jonathanschaffer.org Download Document from Source Website File Size: 49,70 KB Share Document on Facebook

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