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Causation and Persistence : a Theory of Causation.
5. The Alphabet of Causation; Mackie on Qualitative Persistence; Partial Trope Persistence; A Theory of Causation; Summary; 6. Causal Asymmetry; Two Preliminary Concepts; A Definition of Causal Priority; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; W.
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1997.
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-184) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Introduction; Background: Theories of Causation; Background: Tropes; Outline; 1. Preemption; Why Preemption, and What Is Preemption?; Deterministic Theories; Probabilistic Theories; Singularist Accounts; Objections; 2. The Significance of Preemption; Mechanism; Against Arguments for Causal Realism; Mechanism, Nonmechanism, and Methodology; Persistence and Causal Relata; 3. Causal Relata; Davidson versus Kim; Two Ways to Interpret Property Instances; Summary; 4. Qualitative Persistence; For the Existence and Persistence of Tropes; Against a Causal Account of Trope Persistence. | |
| 520 | |a 5. The Alphabet of Causation; Mackie on Qualitative Persistence; Partial Trope Persistence; A Theory of Causation; Summary; 6. Causal Asymmetry; Two Preliminary Concepts; A Definition of Causal Priority; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; W. | ||
| 520 | |a 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."" | ||
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