Price and Dowe argue that causal counterfactuals require a notion of intervention, and interventions on future causes of past effects are incoherent under standard agency theories.

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Causal counterfactuals(as the main subject of Price and Dowe's argument): Imaginary 'what if' scenarios about causes and effects—like asking 'what if I had pushed the domino differently, would it have fallen?'
Incoherent(describing whether moral responsibility can exist): Logically impossible or contradictory; something that cannot make sense or cannot exist at the same time as something else.
Price and Dowe(as referenced philosophers whose work is being discussed): Two philosophers (Huw Price and Dominic Dowe) who developed a specific theory about what makes something a cause of something else.
Standard agency theories(as the existing theories that create the logical problem): Common philosophical frameworks that explain how people make choices and take actions, based on the idea that we cause things to happen through our will.

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