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  1. For a related argument about the role of biological technology in causal selection, see Baxter (2019).

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Attah, N.O., DiMarco, M. & Plutynski, A. Microbiomes: proportional causes in context. Biol Philos 35, 22 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10539-020-9738-3

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