TY - BOOK AU - Ehring,Douglas TI - Causation and persistence: a theory of causation T2 - Oxford University Press on-line SN - 1429400226 AV - BD541 .E37 1997eb U1 - 122 20 PY - 1997/// CY - New York, Oxford [England] PB - Oxford University Press KW - Causation KW - Philosophy KW - Philosophie KW - philosophy KW - aat KW - PHILOSOPHY KW - Epistemology KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Causaliteit KW - gtt KW - Electronic book KW - Electronic books N1 - 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 N2 - 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." UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=169090 ER -