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    Supports→Contrastivism about causation is a distinct position from contrastivism about explanation

    A contrastivist view of explanation is compatible with an invariantist view of causation, since contrasts in explanation merely select among causes rather than redefining the causal relation itself

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    Compatible/Compatibility(as used in logic and philosophy)
    When two different ideas or principles can exist together without contradicting each other.
    Contrastivist view of explanation(philosophy of explanation)
    The idea that explaining something means showing how it's different from other possibilities—like explaining why you chose coffee instead of tea by contrasting what's unique about coffee.
    Invariantist view of causation(metaphysics/philosophy of causation)
    The belief that causation works the same way regardless of context—a cause always produces its effect in the same manner, no matter what else is happening around it.

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    Select among causes(philosophy of explanation)
    To pick out which cause matters for your explanation, even though multiple causes might be present in a situation.
    causal relation(Contrasted with ontological relations; complicated by the possibility of instantaneous or backward causation)
    A relation in which one event brings about or produces another, typically (but not always) with the cause preceding the effect

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    Cei Maslen (2004), Jonathan Schaffer (2005) and Robert Northcott (2008) all defend ‘contrastive’ accounts of causation. Schaffer conceives causation as a four-place relation – c rather than c* caused e rather than e* – and claims that context (or other devices, such as stress on a particular word) generally fixes the implied contrasts (c* and e*) in our ordinary, two-place causal talk, thereby playing a role in the truth or falsity of our (two-place) causal claims. Note that contrastivism about

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