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    The preemption verdict depends on privileging one metaphy... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Billy's throw is a preempted potential cause, not an actual cause of the bottle shattering

    The preemption verdict depends on privileging one metaphysical framework (counterfactual dependence) over others that assign Billy genuine causal status.

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    • 1.Counterfactual dependence is metaphysically parsimonious: it explains causation without invoking unobservable causal powers or essences.
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    • 2.In overdetermination cases, Billy's action makes no difference to the outcome; difference-making is central to causal understanding.
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    • 3.Privileging counterfactual frameworks prevents conceptual inflation where every sufficient condition counts as a cause.
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    • 1.Counterfactual dependence cannot account for cases where causes exist but counterfactuals remain true (preemption by omission).
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    • 2.Billy's contribution is metaphysically real regardless of counterfactuals; denying this makes the framework descriptively inadequate.
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    • 3.Alternative frameworks (process metaphysics, agent causation) are defensible, so privileging counterfactuals requires independent justification.
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