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    Challenges→Making an action unavoidable is not the same thing as bringing it about that the action is performed.

    If causal production just consists in the relevant counterfactual and nomological dependencies, then making an action unavoidable through those very dependencies is indistinguishable from bringing it about.

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    Key Terms

    Indistinguishable from(as used in logic and comparison)
    So similar or identical to something else that you can't tell the difference between them.
    Nomological(The 'nomological' component of the DN model refers to the requirement that the explanans contain at least one essential law of nature)
    A philosophical term of art meaning roughly 'lawful', pertaining to laws of nature
    bringing it about(in philosophy of action)
    Causing something to happen; making something occur as a result of your actions.
    causal production(as used in causality and epistemology)
    When one thing directly causes another thing to happen or come into being.
    counterfactual(Modal logic and epistemology)

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    A conditional statement concerning what would be the case if some antecedent condition were true, evaluated across possible worlds; contraposition does not hold in general for counterfactuals.
    dependencies(in logic and metaphysics)
    Relationships where one thing relies on or is determined by another thing; connections between events or facts.
    making an action unavoidable(in philosophy of action and free will)
    Creating a situation where someone has no choice but to perform a particular action; removing their ability to do otherwise.

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