Salmon's process ontology distinguishes genuine causal processes, which transmit marks and conserved quantities, from mere causal interactions that produce no structural modification in a persisting process.

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David Salmon is a philosopher who wrote arguments about identity and how things remain the 'same thing' across different possible situations.

Structural modification(what Salmon said a genuine process causes, versus a mere interaction)

A real, lasting change in how something is organized or put together—not just a temporary coincidence.

Transmit marks(one way a genuine causal process shows it's really doing something)

To pass along or carry a change or mark from one place or thing to another—like how a moving object can leave a trail or mark as it travels.

causal process(used in philosophy of causation)

A series of events where one thing happens because of another, like dominoes falling in a line where each one knocks down the next.

process ontology(Proposed as an alternative to particle and field interpretations of QFT)

An ontological approach to QFT that takes processes rather than particles or fields as the fundamental entities

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