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" Causation and persistence : "
Douglas Ehring.
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BL
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1009282
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b763652
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| Main Entry
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Ehring, Douglas,1952-
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Causation and persistence : : a theory of causation /\ Douglas Ehring.
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| Publication Statement
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New York ;Oxford [England] :: Oxford University Press,, 1997.
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Oxford University Press on-line
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1 online resource (x, 191 pages).
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0195107942
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: 0195355342
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: 1280529032
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: 1429400226
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: 6610529035
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: 9780195107944
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: 9780195355345
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: 9781280529030
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: 9781429400220
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: 9786610529032
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0195107942
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-184) and index.
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| Contents
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1. Preemption -- 2. The Significance of Preemption -- 3. Causal Relata -- 4. Qualitative Persistence -- 5. The Alphabet of Causation -- 6. Causal Asymmetry.
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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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Causation.
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Philosophy.
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Causation.
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PHILOSOPHY-- Epistemology.
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Philosophy.
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Causaliteit.
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| Dewey Classification
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122
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BD541.E37 1997eb
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