Combining Philosophers
Ideas for B Hale / C Wright, Baron,S/Miller,K and Philolaus
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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 4. Mathematical Nature
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1518
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Everything must involve numbers, or it couldn't be thought about or known [Philolaus]
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1519
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Harmony must pre-exist the cosmos, to bring the dissimilar sources together [Philolaus]
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473
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There is no falsehood in harmony and number, only in irrational things [Philolaus]
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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / d. The unlimited
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469
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Existing things, and hence the Cosmos, are a mixture of the Limited and the Unlimited [Philolaus]
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 1. Causation
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23011
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Modern accounts of causation involve either processes or counterfactuals [Baron/Miller]
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 4. Naturalised causation
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23013
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The main process theory of causation says it is transference of mass, energy, momentum or charge [Baron/Miller]
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23014
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If causes are processes, what is causation by omission? (Distinguish legal from scientific causes?) [Baron/Miller]
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / c. Counterfactual causation
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23015
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The counterfactual theory of causation handles the problem no matter what causes actually are [Baron/Miller]
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23016
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Counterfactual theories struggle with pre-emption by a causal back-up system [Baron/Miller]
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 6. Laws as Numerical
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476
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Self-created numbers make the universe stable [Philolaus]
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