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Morton on Causal Laws

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 June 2010

Anthony Willing
Affiliation:
Huron College

Abstract

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Notes—Discussions
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Philosophical Association 1974

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References

1 Morton, Adam, “If I were a Dry Well-Made Match”, Dialogue, vol. xii, no. 2, pp. 322324Google Scholar. Morton attributes the principle cited here to Goodman (Fact, Fiction, and Forecast), among others.

2 I follow Morton's use of ‘⊃’ “→’ and ‘◊’ as symbols for material implication, subjunctive implication, and causal possibility, respectively.

3 At least, it is not clear on what grounds Morton could reject the subjunctive conditional here, while holding on to the rather odd causal law derived by way of his principle.