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    The notion of backward causation is incoherent — Carmelics
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    The notion of backward causation is incoherent

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    • 1.Our knowledge of causal relations is grounded in manipulation and intervention
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    • 2.The idea of intervening in the course of backward causation after the alleged effect has already occurred violates the basis on which causal relations are understood
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    Since manipulation and intervention is so central for our knowledge of causal relations, the image of our capability of intervening in the course of backward causation, after the alleged effect has occurred, seems to violate the whole idea that the notion of backward causation is coherent. However, the force of the bilking argument can, it seems, be weakened in various ways.
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