I suggest that some diagnoses can be seen as causal ex-planations based on “particulars” – instead of regularities – and on the notion of actual causation. Diagnoses based on case-based rea-soning provide a particularly vivid example.

Medical Diagnosis and Actual Causation

BENZI, MARGHERITA
2011-01-01

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I suggest that some diagnoses can be seen as causal ex-planations based on “particulars” – instead of regularities – and on the notion of actual causation. Diagnoses based on case-based rea-soning provide a particularly vivid example.
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