SSH 105 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5.2: Skordalia, White Noise, Tylenol (Brand)
22 Mar 2018
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Reasoning about alternatives and necessary and sufficient conditions. But causal claims do not need to use the word (cid:494)cause. (cid:495) These are causal verbs: killing is a causal verb because it is the act of something happening. If a thing drowns, then it will die. sufficient. Reasoning with causal claims as premises is just reasoning about necessary and sufficient conditions. If billy takes a tylenol, his fever will fall. So rising inflation causes a growth in anti- immigrant sentiment. string along sufficient conditions for a causal claim. Finding out what causes what is usually extremely difficult. Causal complexity: causes are usually really complex. heart disease has lots of different sufficient causes and each one has several necessary components. (necessary parts of a sufficient but not necessary cause. ) Limited data: we usually do not have enough data. So, cutting taxes boosts the economy: not valid. Preceding in time is necessary but not sufficient for being a cause!
