Causation and persistence : a theory of causation / Douglas Ehring.

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Ehring, Douglas, 1952-

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TextSeries: Oxford University Press on-linePublication details: New York ; Oxford [England] : Oxford University Press, 1997.Description: 1 online resource (x, 191 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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1429400226
9781429400220
0195355342
9780195355345
9780195107944
0195107942
1280529032
9781280529030
9786610529032
6610529035

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Causation and persistence.DDC classification:

122 20

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BD541 .E37 1997eb

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Contents:

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

Summary: 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."

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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."

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