@article{175531, author = {Thomas Blanchard and Dylan Murray and Tania Lombrozo}, title = {Experiments on Causal Exclusion.}, abstract = {

Intuitions play an important role in the debate on the causal status of high-level properties. For instance, Kim has claimed that his {\textquotedblleft}exclusion argument{\textquotedblright} relies on {\textquotedblleft}a perfectly intuitive ... understanding of the causal relation.{\textquotedblright} We report the results of three experiments examining whether laypeople really have the relevant intuitions. We find little support for Kim{\textquoteright}s view and the principles on which it relies. Instead, we find that laypeople are willing to count both a multiply realized property and its realizers as causes, and regard the systematic overdetermination implied by this view as unproblematic.

}, year = {2022}, journal = {Mind and Language}, volume = {37}, pages = {1067-1089}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1111/mila.12343}, language = {eng}, }