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Philosophy

The Metaphysics of Causation and Counterfactual Dependence

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Philosopher David Lewis proposed that causation can be understood through counterfactuals: an event C causes E if, had C not occurred, E would not have occurred.

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When you say 'the glass broke because I dropped it,' what exactly did you mean? If you hadn't dropped it, would the glass still have broken?