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    When the contrast situation at the effect-end of the firs... — Carmelics
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    Supports→The purple flame case is not a genuine counterexample to the transitivity of causation, because the contrast situations at each end of the two causal statements do not match.

    When the contrast situation at the effect-end of the first causal statement does not match the contrast situation at the cause-end of the second causal statement, the two statements do not form a valid transitive chain.

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    Causal statement(as used in logic and philosophy of causation)
    A sentence that describes how one thing causes or makes something else happen (like 'striking a match causes it to light').
    Cause-end(as used in causal chains)
    The starting or triggering part of a causal statement—what makes something else happen.
    Contrast situation(as used in analyzing cause and effect)
    The specific circumstances or conditions being compared—basically, what's different between the scenario that happened and an alternative scenario that didn't.

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    Effect-end(as used in causal chains)
    The result or outcome part of a causal statement—what actually happens as a result of the cause.
    Transitive chain(as used in logic and causation)
    A sequence where if A causes B and B causes C, then A causes C—like a chain where each link connects to the next one.
    valid(Contrasted with the proof-theoretic notion of deducibility)
    A model-theoretic notion indicating that a conclusion is true in every model in which the premises are true

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    Various replies have been made to these counterexamples. L.A. Paul (2004) offers a response to the second example that involves conceiving of the relata of causation as event aspects: she argues that there is mismatch between the event aspect that is the effect of the first causal link (the flame’s being a purple colour) and the event aspect that is the cause of the second causal link (the flame’s touching the flammable material). Thus, while it’s true that the purple flame did not cause the ign

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