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    The Counterfactual Conditional Model
    The dominant model in contemporary analytic philosophy, often associated with thinkers like David Lewis, relies on counterfactual dependence. Event $C$ causes event $E$ if and only if:
    $C$ occurs and $E$ occurs.
    If $C$ had not occurred, then $E$ would not have occurred (the counterfactual conditional).