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Dispositions: Intrinsicness and Agency 性格:内在和能动性
Causation, Explanation, and the Metaphysics of Aspect Pub Date : 2018-12-20 DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780198826965.003.0003
Bradford Skow
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Structural Explanation: Garfinkelian Themes 结构解释:Garfinkelian主题
Causation, Explanation, and the Metaphysics of Aspect Pub Date : 2018-12-20 DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780198826965.003.0004
Bradford Skow
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Agent Causation Done Right 正确的因果关系
Causation, Explanation, and the Metaphysics of Aspect Pub Date : 2018-12-20 DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780198826965.003.0005
Bradford Skow
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A Theory of Background Conditions 背景条件理论
Causation, Explanation, and the Metaphysics of Aspect Pub Date : 2018-12-20 DOI: 10.1093/OSO/9780198826965.003.0002
Bradford Skow
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