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Full Idea
Spatial, temporal, and other primary properties and relationships are not causal powers.
Gist of Idea
Space, time, and some other basics, are not causal powers
Source
Brian Ellis (Response to David Armstrong [1999], p.42), quoted by David M. Armstrong - Truth and Truthmakers 10.4
Book Ref
Armstrong,D.M.: 'Truth and Truthmakers' [CUP 2004], p.139
A Reaction
It is hard to see how time and space could actually be powers, but future results in physics (or even current results about 'fields') might change that.