Full Idea
Wesley Salmon's account of causation in science is 'process theory', which holds that the contiguous transmission of a 'mark' is a condition on causal relationships - which captures the intuition behind the proximality principle
Gist of Idea
'Process theory' says a causal event must trnsmit some kind of 'mark'
Source
report of Wesley Salmon (Scientific Explanation and the Causal Structure of the World [1984]) by Mazviita Chirimuuta - The Brain Abstracted 6.2.4
A Reaction
It seems fine to say that any causal event must produce some sort of change, but a bit too specific to say that must be an individuated mark.
Book Reference
Mazviita Chirimuuta: 'The Brain Abstracted' [MIT 2024], p.166
Related Idea
Idea 24499 X is causally linked to Y if interventions on X, even if remote, affect Y [Woodward,J, by Chirimuuta]