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    The claim conflates the source of a sound's causal origin... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Event theories must classify experiences of echoes and recorded sounds as illusory in order to remain consistent.

    The claim conflates the source of a sound's causal origin with the location of the sound event itself, a distinction O'Callaghan explicitly defends in 'Sounds: A Philosophical Theory'.

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    Causal origin(in philosophy of causation)
    Where something came from or what caused it to exist—the source or beginning of something.
    Conflates(in argumentation and logic)
    Treats two different things as if they're the same thing, or mixes them up in a way that causes confusion.
    O'Callaghan(as a reference to a specific philosopher's work)
    A contemporary philosopher who studies what sound actually is and how it exists in the world.
    Sounds: A Philosophical Theory(as the source text being referenced)
    A book by philosopher O'Callaghan that carefully examines what sounds are and how we should think about their properties and origins.
    sound event(as contrasted with causal origin)

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    The actual experience or occurrence of hearing a sound in a particular place and time, separate from whatever caused it.

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