Full Idea
The transference model of causation only works for asymmetric interactions.
Gist of Idea
Causation as transfer only works for asymmetric interactions
Source
R.D. Ingthorsson (A Powerful Particulars View of Causation [2021], 4.11)
A Reaction
This is usually the transfer of energy. I liked the theory until I read this.
Book Reference
'Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Time', ed/tr. Callender,Craig [OUP 2013], p.77
Related Idea
Idea 22619 Causes are not agents; the whole interaction is the cause, and the changed compound is the effect [Ingthorsson]