Propensity trajectories, preemption, and the identity of events

Synthese 132 (1-2):119 - 141 (2002)
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Abstract

I explore the problem of ``probabilistic causal preemption'' in the context of a``propensity trajectory'' theory of singular probabilistic causation. This involvesa particular conception of events and a substantive thesis concerning events soconceived.

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