Full Idea
Salmon argues that processes rather than events should be the basic entities in a theory of physical causation.
Gist of Idea
Salmon says processes rather than events should be basic in a theory of physical causation
Source
report of Wesley Salmon (Causal Connections [1984]) by Stathis Psillos - Causation and Explanation §4.2
Book Reference
Psillos,Stathis: 'Causation and Explanation' [Acumen 2002], p.111
A Reaction
It increasingly strikes me that the concept of a 'process' ought to be ontologically basic. Edelman says the mind is a process. An 'event' is too loose, and a 'fact' too vague, and heaven knows what Hume meant by an 'object'.