Meta Ontology

Mellor\textasciiacutes theory of causation has two components, one according to which causes raise their effects\textasciiacute chances, and one according to which causation links facts. I argue that these two components are not independent from each other and, in particular, that Mellor\textasciiacutes thesis that causation links facts requires his thesis that causes raise their effects\textasciiacute chances, since without the latter thesis Mellor cannot stop the slingshot argument, an argument that is a threat to any theory postulating facts as the relata of causation.