Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Anaxarchus, Anjan Chakravarrty and Thomas Hobbes
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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / b. Prime matter
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Prime matter is body considered with mere size and extension, and potential [Hobbes]
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26. Natural Theory / B. Natural Kinds / 4. Source of Kinds
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Some kinds, such as electrons, have essences, but 'cluster kinds' do not [Chakravartty]
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 1. Causation
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Acting on a body is either creating or destroying a property in it [Hobbes]
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 8. Particular Causation / c. Conditions of causation
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An effect needs a sufficient and necessary cause [Hobbes]
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / a. Constant conjunction
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Causation is only observation of similar events following each other, with nothing visible in between [Hobbes]
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / d. Causal necessity
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A cause is the complete sum of the features which necessitate the effect [Hobbes]
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 1. Laws of Nature
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Many causal laws do not refer to kinds, but only to properties [Chakravartty]
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