Resumen

STEGLICH-PETERSEN, Asbjørn. A Reply to Céspedes’ Defense of Causal Contrastivism. Crítica (Méx., D.F.) [online]. 2016, vol.48, n.143, pp.93-98.  Epub 30-Ene-2020. ISSN 0011-1503.

In a recent article in this journal, Esteban Céspedes (2015) seeks to defend the contrastive account of singular causation from my criticisms (Steglich-Petersen 2012). Céspedes objects to my argument on three counts: (1) it is circular in presupposing a principle that it seeks to establish; (2) that same principle is false; and (3) even if the principle were true, it would not speak against the contrastive account. In this note I argue that all three objections are unconvincing.

Palabras llave : contrastive account of causation; counterfactual conditional; general causation; singular causation; explanation.

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