Abstract: 

Our approach aims at accounting for everyday causal claims in terms of how the physical

states of the underlying causal system evolve with time. Causal claims assert connections

between two sets of physicals states—their truth depends on whether the two

sets in question are genuinely connected by time evolution such that physical states

from one set evolve with time into the states of the other set. We demonstrate the virtues

of our approach by showing how it is able to account for causally relevant factors, typical

causes, being ‘the’ cause, symmetrical overdetermination, early and late preemption,

prevention, omission and double prevention.

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