Full Idea
It has been argued that an event's time of occurrence is essential to it.
Gist of Idea
Maybe an event's time of occurrence is essential to it
Source
Jonathan Bennett (Event Causation: counterfactual analysis [1987], p.221)
Book Reference
'Causation', ed/tr. Sosa,E. /Tooley,M. [OUP 1993], p.221
A Reaction
[He cites Lawrence Lombard] This sound initially implausible, particularly if a rival event happened, say, .1 of a second later than the actual event. It might depend on one's view about determinism. Interesting.