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A theory of causation: Causae causantes (originating causes) as inus conditions in branching space-times

机译：因果关系理论：Causae causantes（起源原因）作为分支时空中的inus条件

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Branching space-times (BST) theory, as developed elsewhere, permits a sound and rigorously definable notion of 'originating cause' or causa causans-a type of transition event-of an outcome event. Mackie has famously suggested that causes form a family of 'inus' conditions, where an inus condition is 'an insufficient but non-redundant part of an unnecessary but sufficient condition'. In this essay the needed concepts of BST theory are developed in detail, and it is then proved that the causae causantes of a given outcome event have exactly the structure of a set of Mackie inus conditions. The proof requires the assumption that there is no EPR-like 'funny business'. This seems enough to constitute a theory of 'causation' in at least one of its many senses.1 Introduction2 The cement of the universe3 Preliminaries3.1 First definitions and postulates3.2 Ontology: propositions3.3 Ontology: initial events3.4 Ontology: outcome events3.5 Ontology: transition events3.6 Propositional language applied to events4 Causae causantes4.1 Causae causantes are basic primary transition events4.2 Causae causantes of an outcome chain4.3 No funny business5 Causae causantes and inns and inus conditions5.1 Inns conditions of outcome chains: not quite5.2 Inns conditions of outcome chains5.3 Inns conditions of scattered outcome events5.4 Inus conditions for disjunctive outcome events5.5 Inns and inus conditions of transition events6 Counterfactual conditionals7 Appendix: Tense and modal connectives in BST.
机译：分支时空（BST）理论在其他地方得到了发展，它允许对结果事件的“起源”或“因果关系”（一种过渡事件）进行合理而严格的定义。麦基（Mackie）著名地指出，原因由一系列“因纽斯”条件组成，其中因纽斯条件是“不必要但足够的条件的不足但非多余的部分”。本文详细介绍了BST理论的必要概念，然后证明了给定结果事件的因果因果关系具有一组Mackie inus条件的结构。证明要求假设不存在类似EPR的“滑稽生意”。这似乎足以构成一种至少在其多种意义上的“因果关系”理论。1引言2宇宙的结合物3初步3.1最初的定义和假设3.2本体论：命题3.3本体论：初始事件3.4本体论：结果events3.5本体：过渡事件3.6适用于事件的命题语言4 causae causantes4.1 causae causantes是基本的主要过渡事件4.2结果链中的causae causantes4.3不好意思的业务5 causae causantes和旅馆以及inus条件5.1结果链：不完全5.2结果链的因果条件5.3分散结果事件的因果条件5.4析取性结果事件的因果条件5.5过渡事件的因果和因果条件6反事实条件词7附录：BST中的时态和情态连接词。

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