Thomson on events and the causal criterion

Philosophical Studies 39 (3):319 - 322 (1981)
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JUDITH THOMSON, IN "ACTS AND OTHER EVENTS", PURPORTS TO PROVIDE A COUNTER-EXAMPLE TO DONALD DAVIDSON'S CAUSAL CRITERION OF EVENT IDENTITY. IT IS SHOWN THAT ONCE A CERTAIN ASSUMPTION MADE BY THOMSON IS REPLACED BY A MORE PLAUSIBLE VARIANT, HER EXAMPLE IS NO LONGER A COUNTER-EXAMPLE TO DAVIDSON'S CRITERION.

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The individuation of events.Donald Davidson - 1970 - In Carl G. Hempel, Donald Davidson & Nicholas Rescher (eds.), Essays in honor of Carl G. Hempel. Dordrecht,: D. Reidel. pp. 216-34.
Acts and other events.Judith Jarvis Thomson - 1977 - Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press.
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Acts and Other Events.Judith Jarvis Thomson - 1979 - Philosophy 54 (208):253-255.

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