Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Gilles Deleuze, David M. Armstrong and Gottfried Leibniz

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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 2. Types of cause

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Absences might be effects, but surely not causes? [Armstrong]

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In the schools the Four Causes are just lumped together in a very obscure way [Leibniz]

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 3. Final causes

5059	Power rules in efficient causes, but wisdom rules in connecting them to final causes [Leibniz]

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 4. Naturalised causation

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Negative causations supervene on positive causations plus their laws? [Armstrong]

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / d. Causal necessity

2117	The connection in events enables us to successfully predict the future, so there must be a constant cause [Leibniz]

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Causes can be inferred from perfect knowledge of their effects [Leibniz]

4798	In recent writings, Armstrong makes a direct identification of necessitation with causation [Armstrong, by Psillos]