Abstract

In “Factual Difference-Making,” Andreas and Günther articulate and defend a novel analysis of actual causation. However, while both careful and interesting, I question what progress it really makes. I focus on two claims to progress: that factual difference-making (i) is complete; and (ii) need not invoke miracles. I argue that, ultimately, factual difference-making faces the same challenge as other analyses. I also suggest that the answer is to embrace a kind of causal relativism. The remaining task for anyone’s metaphysics is, surprisingly, pragmatic.