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    Challenges→Enç's use of 'causation' should not be interpreted as claiming that reductive explanation is literally causal explanation

    Terminological charity in philosophical interpretation requires reading 'causation' in its literal sense unless the author explicitly stipulates otherwise.

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    • 1.Literal interpretation minimizes projection of modern frameworks onto historical texts, preserving authorial intent.
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    • 2.Authors who intend non-literal usage typically signal this explicitly; silence suggests literal meaning was intended.
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    • 3.Charity requires assuming authors use terms competently in standard usage rather than idiosyncratic senses without notice.
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    • 1.Literal sense of 'causation' has shifted across philosophical eras; applying modern literal sense distorts historical meaning.
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    • 2.Context, theoretical frameworks, and disciplinary conventions often establish meaning implicitly without explicit stipulation.
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    • 3.Charity sometimes requires reconstructing what authors meant rather than what words literally denote in isolation.
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