Full Idea
Mellor argues that causal statements relate facts, where facts may be seen as whatever true propositions express.
Gist of Idea
Causal statements relate facts (which are whatever true propositions express)
Source
report of D.H. Mellor (The Facts of Causation [1995]) by Stathis Psillos - Causation and Explanation §2.6
Book Reference
Psillos,Stathis: 'Causation and Explanation' [Acumen 2002], p.79
A Reaction
Choose between 'facts', 'objects', 'conserved quantities, 'events' (the usual one) or 'processes'. I rather like processes (Salmon) as they are a better prospect as the building blocks of an ontology.