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    It is not the case that When timing cannot differentiate the actual causal process from the counterfactual one, process-tracing accounts like Dowe's conserved quantity theory must do the explanatory work Lewis's account cannot.

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    • 1.Dowe's theory faces equal difficulty explaining simultaneous causation; timing problems don't uniquely favor conserved quantities.
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    • 2.Lewis can incorporate additional non-temporal criteria (spatiotemporal continuity, absence of alternative paths) without abandoning his framework.
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    • 3.The claim assumes timing indeterminacy occurs frequently enough to justify wholesale abandonment of counterfactual analysis in causal explanation.
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    • 1.Lewis's counterfactual account relies on temporal ordering to distinguish actual from counterfactual causation.
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    • 2.Conserved quantity theories like Dowe's identify causation through physical transmission mechanisms independent of timing.
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    • 3.When temporal precedence fails to disambiguate, process-level analysis of energy/momentum transfer provides necessary differentiation.
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