A Functional Account of Causation Or A Defense of the Legitimacy of Causal Thinking by Reference to the Only Standard that Matters—Usefulness (as Opposed to Metaphysics or Agreement with Intuitive Judgment)
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This essay advocates a “functional” approach to causation and causal reasoning: these are to be understood in terms of the goals and purposes of causal thinking. This approach is distinguished from accounts based on metaphysical considerations or on reconstruction of
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