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    It is not the case that Strict laws are not a necessary condition for singular causal relations, as argued by Donald Davidson's own account of cause, which permits causation without covering laws when properly understood.

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    • 1.Davidson insisted singular causal relations must have physical descriptions subsumable under strict physical laws, contradicting the claim.
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    • 2.Anomalous monism requires causal relata be physical events that instantiate strict laws at some level, not causation without laws entirely.
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    • 3.The claim conflates Davidson's rejection of psychophysical laws with rejection of all covering laws, misrepresenting his actual position.
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    • 1.Davidson's anomalous monism permits mental causation without psychophysical laws, showing causation operates beyond strict law-governed systems.
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    • 2.Singular causal relata can be related by event-identity without subsumption under exceptionless covering laws, as Davidson himself endorsed.
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    • 3.Physical causal relations in complex systems often lack formalized strict laws yet remain genuinely causal in scientific practice.
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