Energetic, informational, and triggering causes

Erkenntnis 47 (2):193-202 (1997)
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There are three main kinds of causal connections between two events: the transfer of energy, the transfer of information and the triggering of the transfer of one of them or both. There are also other kinds of causal connections.

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