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Full Idea
Hume's maxim is that if one event cause another, then the two events must be wholly distinct.
Gist of Idea
If one event causes another, the two events must be wholly distinct
Source
report of David Hume (Treatise of Human Nature [1739]) by Wilson,G/Schpall,S - Action 3
Book Ref
'Stanford Online Encyclopaedia of Philosophy', ed/tr. Stanford University [plato.stanford.edu], p.11
A Reaction
[Anyone know the original reference?] So we are not allowed to say that one part of an event caused another. The charged caused the victory, so they are two events, but in another context the whole battle is one event.
| 20030 | If one event causes another, the two events must be wholly distinct [Hume, by Wilson/Schpall] |
| 20020 | If one action leads directly to another, they are all one action [Davidson, by Wilson/Schpall] |
| 12843 | With activities if you are doing it you've done it, with performances you must finish to have done it [Simons] |
| 20061 | Mental states and actions need to be separate, if one is to cause the other [Stout,R] |
| 20079 | Are actions bodily movements, or a sequence of intention-movement-result? [Stout,R] |
| 20080 | If one action leads to another, does it cause it, or is it part of it? [Stout,R] |