Causation and Persistence A Theory of Causation

Name: Causation and Persistence A Theory of Causation
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ISBN: 9780195107944

ISBN-10: 0195107942

ISBN-13: 9780195107944

Edition: 1997

Authors: Douglas Ehring

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Ehring shows the inadequacy of received theories of causation, and, introducing conceptual devices of his own, provides a wholly new account of causation as the persistence over time of individual properties, or "tropes."

Book details

List price: $200.00
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/6/1997
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 240
Size: 6.46" wide x 9.57" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



Preemption



The Significance of Preemption



Causal Relata


Summary



Qualitative Persistence



The Alphabet of Causation


Summary



Causal Asymmetry


Notes


Bibliography


Index