Full Idea
It may well be that after all our attempts at analysis, we have to accept the notions of causality, identity and existence as being primitive and irreducible.
Gist of Idea
Maybe such concepts as causation, identity and existence are primitive and irreducible
Source
E.J. Lowe (A Survey of Metaphysics [2002], p.191)
Book Reference
Lowe,E.J.: 'A Survey of Metaphysics' [OUP 2002], p.191
A Reaction
They may be irreducible, but it seems possible that the relationships between them might be revealed (as between Platonic Forms). To exist is to have identity and causal powers?