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    Supports→A full explanation requires that the causal factors together necessitate the occurrence of the effect

    In scientific causation, a full explanation consists of contemporary or immediately precedent causal conditions and natural laws sufficient for the occurrence of an event

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    For many critics, premise 5 (along with premise 2) holds the key to the argument’s success or failure. The truth of 5 depends upon the requirements for an adequate explanation. Using the Principle of Sufficient Reason (PSR), what is required here is an account in terms of sufficient conditions that provides an adequate explanation why the cause had the effect it did, or alternatively, why this particular effect and not another arose. Swinburne (2004: 75–79), and Alexander Pruss (2006: 16–18)

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