Metaphysics of Causation

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Metaphysics of Causation
	Contents
	Introduction
	1
Regularities and Laws of Nature
		1.1 Regularity Theory
		1.2 Deductive-Nomological Theory
	2 Probabilities and Bayes Nets
	3 Necessitation between Universals and Causal Powers
	4 Counterfactual Dependence
	5 Interventions and Causal Models
	6 Methodological Interlude
		6.1 Type and Token Causation
		6.2 Conceptual Analysis and Metaphysics of Science
	7 Processes and Mechanisms
	8 Integrating Causal Models with Processes
	9 Contemporary Debates
		9.1 Grounding and Causation
		9.2 Eliminativism with Respect to Causation in Physics
		9.3 The Challenge against Mental and “Downward” Causation
from Closure and Exclusion
		9.4 Robust and Proportional Causation
		9.5 Degrees of Causation
	10 Concluding Remarks
References
Acknowledgments