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    It is not the case that Lewis's counterfactual theory of causation cannot explain the judgement that Suzy's throw caused the shattering of the bottle.

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    • 1.There is no causal dependence between Suzy's throw and the shattering of the bottle, because even if Suzy had not thrown her rock, the bottle would have shattered due to Billy's throw.
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    • 2.There is no chain of stepwise counterfactual dependences running from Suzy's throw to the shattering of the bottle.
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    • 3.Suzy's rock in mid-trajectory depends on Suzy's initial throw, but the shattering of the bottle does not depend on Suzy's rock in mid-trajectory, because even without Suzy's rock in mid-trajectory the bottle would still have shattered because of Billy's throw.
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