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→Necessary v. sufficient causes example
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|'''EVENT'''|| '''NECESSARY CAUSE''' ||'''SUFFICIENT CAUSE''' | |'''EVENT'''|| '''NECESSARY CAUSE''' ||'''SUFFICIENT CAUSE''' | ||
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| '''I mowed the lawn last Tuesday''' | |'''I mowed the lawn last Tuesday''' | ||
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* I have a lawn w/ grass | * I have a lawn w/ grass | ||
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* my lawn mower works & has gas | * my lawn mower works & has gas | ||
* my wife complained about the grass getting too high | * my wife complained about the grass getting too high | ||
* '''all these causes are "necessary" but not "sufficient" for the outcome to happen that I mowed the lawn | *'''all these causes are "necessary" but not "sufficient" for the outcome to happen that I mowed the lawn last Tuesday''' | ||
* '''all of these causes could still be present (especially the wife complaining about the grass) but didn't unto themselves cause the lawn to be mowed last Tuesday''' | *'''all of these causes could still be present (especially the wife complaining about the grass) but didn't unto themselves cause the lawn to be mowed last Tuesday''' | ||
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* it was Tuesday | * it was Tuesday | ||
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* It started it and it worked properly | * It started it and it worked properly | ||
* I completed mowing the lawn | * I completed mowing the lawn | ||
* '''without these events the lawn would not have been cut last Tuesday''' | *'''without these events the lawn would not have been cut last Tuesday''' | ||
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|'''goal scored in a soccer game from an assist''' | |||
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* both players in game | |||
* 1st player makes an assist | |||
** without the assist, the goal shot couild not be taken | |||
** therefore, the assist is a necessary cause | |||
** '''the assist alone is not sufficient for the goal''' | |||
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* 2nd player receives the assist and scores the goal | |||
* the "'''sufficiency'''" here is that without the successful shot on goal no goal would be made | |||
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