
Published online:
22 April 2021
Published in print:
18 March 2021
Online ISBN:
9780191881381
Print ISBN:
9780198846222
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1. Introduction 1. Introduction
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2. Clarifications and Presupposition 2. Clarifications and Presupposition
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3. Omissions 3. Omissions
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4. Zeno Causality and Other-Worldly Effects 4. Zeno Causality and Other-Worldly Effects
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4.1 The Case 4.1 The Case
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4.2 Possible? 4.2 Possible?
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4.3 Causation? 4.3 Causation?
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4.3.1 Intra-World Causation 4.3.1 Intra-World Causation
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4.3.2 No Causation 4.3.2 No Causation
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5. Dropping the Presupposition 5. Dropping the Presupposition
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5.1 Intra-World Causation, Take Two 5.1 Intra-World Causation, Take Two
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5.2 No Causation, Take Two 5.2 No Causation, Take Two
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5.3 The Upshot 5.3 The Upshot
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6. Concluding Unphilosophical Postscript 6. Concluding Unphilosophical Postscript
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Acknowledgments Acknowledgments
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References References
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Chapter
10 Something Out of Nothing: What Zeno Could Have Taught Parmenides
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165–186
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Published:March 2021
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Segal, Aaron, 'Something Out of Nothing: What Zeno Could Have Taught Parmenides', in Sara Bernstein, and Tyron Goldschmidt (eds), Non-Being: New Essays on the Metaphysics of Nonexistence (Oxford , 2021; online edn, Oxford Academic, 22 Apr. 2021), https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198846222.003.0010, accessed 3 May 2025.
Abstract
This chapter argues that it’s possible for something to be brought into existence by something that is non-actual. Segal distinguishes his argument from arguments for causation by omission, and draws a comparison between his argument and Zeno causation. Finally, he connects the topic to Jewish mystical traditions.
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Metaphysics
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Aaron Segal, Something Out of Nothing: What Zeno Could Have Taught Parmenides In: Non-Being: New Essays on the Metaphysics of Non-Existence. Edited by: Sara Bernstein and Tyron Goldschmidt, Oxford University Press (2021). © Aaron Segal. DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780198846222.003.0010
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