Tropes for Causation

Metaphysica 10 (2):157-174 (2009)
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Tropes, as distinguished from other possible kinds of entities such as universals, states of affairs, events and bare particulars, are best-suited to play the role of causal relata

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10.1007/s12133-009-0047-1

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M. J. Garcia-Encinas
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