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Metaphysical Causation
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There is a systematic and suggestive analogy between grounding and causation. In my view, this analogy is no coincidence. Grounding and causation are alike because grounding is a type of causation: metaphysical causation. In this paper I defend the identification of grounding with metaphysical causation, drawing on the causation literature to explore systematic connections between grounding and metaphysical dependence counterfactuals, and I outline a non‐reductive counterfactual theory of grounding along interventionist lines.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Wilson, A.
- Venue
- Noûs
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2017-01-13
- Volume
- 52
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 723-751
- ISSN
- 0029-4624 (ISSN-L)
- 1468-0068
- OpenAlex
- W2572702818
- Cited by
- 267
- References
- 67
- FWCI
- 47.90
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
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