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| Sufficiency: The reason for an action or the reason for a conclusion is sufficient if no further conditions are necessary. However, this does not mean that the consequences must also occur, since obstacles or physical hindrances have not yet been taken into account. See also ceteris paribus, necessity._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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John Leslie Mackie on Sufficiency - Dictionary of Arguments
Schurz I 121 Cause/Causality/INUS Thesis/Mackie/Schurz: (Mackie 1975)(1) Def Sufficiency/Mackie: Ax is called (nomologically) sufficient condition for Bx, gdw. (x)(Ax > Bx) is a true law-like proposition. I 122 Def Cause/INUS/Mackie: Cause is a necessary but not (necessarily) sufficient conjunctive part of a sufficient but not (necessarily) necessary condition for effect. INUS: insufficient but necessary part of an unnecressary but sufficient condition. Causal relation/Mackie: for its characterization, however, INUS alone is not sufficient. >Causality, >Causal relation. 1. Mackie, J. L. (1975). "Causes and Conditions", In: Sosa, E. (ed.):Causation and Conditionals, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 15-38._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Macki I J. L. Mackie Ethics: Inventing Right and Wrong 1977 Schu I G. Schurz Einführung in die Wissenschaftstheorie Darmstadt 2006 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-28