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Ehring, Douglas, 1952-

Causation and persistence : a theory of causation / Douglas Ehring. - New York ; Oxford [England] : Oxford University Press, 1997. - 1 online resource (x, 191 pages). - Oxford University Press on-line . - Oxford University Press on-line. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-184) and index.

1. Preemption -- 2. The Significance of Preemption -- 3. Causal Relata -- 4. Qualitative Persistence -- 5. The Alphabet of Causation -- 6. Causal Asymmetry.

The author shows the inadequacy of received theories of causation, and, introducing conceptual devices of his own, provides an account of causation as the persistence over time of individual properties or "tropes."

ISBN: 1429400226 (electronic bk.) 9781429400220 0195355342 9780195355345 9780195107944 (cloth) 0195107942 (cloth) 1280529032 9781280529030 9786610529032 6610529035 (cloth)

LCCN: 96022282

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Causation.
Philosophy.
Philosophie.
philosophy.
PHILOSOPHY--Epistemology.
Causation.
Philosophy.
Causaliteit.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic book.
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: BD541 / .E37 1997eb

Dewey Class. No.: 122