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1. The Journal of Philosophy: Volume > 118 > Issue: 12
Matthew Mandelkern If P, Then P!
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The Identity principle says that conditionals with the form 'If p, then p' are logical truths. Identity is overwhelmingly plausible, and has rarely been explicitly challenged. But a wide range of conditionals nonetheless invalidate it. I explain the problem, and argue that the culprit is the principle known as Import-Export, which we must thus reject. I then explore how we can reject Import-Export in a way that still makes sense of the intuitions that support it, arguing that the differences between indicative and subjunctive conditionals play a key role in solving this puzzle.
2. The Journal of Philosophy: Volume > 118 > Issue: 12
Holger Andreas, Mario Günther Difference-Making Causation
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We put forth an analysis of causation. The analysis centers on the notion of a causal model that provides only partial information as to which events occur, but complete information about the dependences between the events. The basic idea is this: an event causes another just in case there is a causal model that is uninformative on both events and in which the first event makes a difference as to the occurrence of the other. We show that our analysis captures more causal scenarios than the other counterfactual accounts to date.
3. The Journal of Philosophy: Volume > 118 > Issue: 12
Call for Submissions: The Isaac Levi Prize
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4. The Journal of Philosophy: Volume > 118 > Issue: 12
Index to Volume CXVIII
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