Andreas, Holger and Günther, Mario (2025) The Epochetic Analysis of Causation Compared to Counterfactual Accounts. [Preprint]

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Abstract

This chapter compares Andreas and Günther's (forthcoming) epochetic analysis of actual causation to the currently popular counterfactual accounts. The primary focus will be on the shortcomings of the counterfactual approach to causation. But we will also explain the motivation behind
counterfactual accounts and how the counterfactual approach has successively moved away from its core idea in response to recalcitrant counterexamples. The upshot is that our epochetic analysis tallies better with our causal judgments than the counterfactual accounts.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Andreas, Holger holger.andreas@ubc.ca 0000-0002-0940-7435 Günther, Mario Mario.Guenther@lmu.de 0000-0001-6208-448X
Keywords:	Actual causation; counterfactual accounts; difference-making; causal models; deviancy.
Subjects:	General Issues > Causation
Depositing User:	Dr. Mario Günther
Date Deposited:	06 Aug 2025 12:57
Last Modified:	06 Aug 2025 12:57
Item ID:	26137
Subjects:	General Issues > Causation
Date:	6 August 2025
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/26137

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