Sufficient conditions for causality to be transitive

Philosophy of Science 83 (2):213-226 (2016)
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Natural conditions are provided that are sufficient to ensure that causality as defined by approaches that use counterfactual dependence and structural equations will be transitive.

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Counterfactuals.David Lewis - 1973 - Foundations of Language 13 (1):145-151.
Causation as influence.David Lewis - 2000 - Journal of Philosophy 97 (4):182-197.
Two concepts of causation.Ned Hall - 2004 - In John Collins, Ned Hall & Laurie Paul (eds.), Causation and Counterfactuals. MIT Press. pp. 225-276.
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