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Ideas of D.H. Mellor, by Text
[British, b.1938, Professor at Cambridge University.]
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1991
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Properties and Predicates
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'Intro'
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p.255
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8564
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There is obviously a possible predicate for every property
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'Props'
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p.257
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8565
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If properties were just the meanings of predicates, they couldn't give predicates their meaning
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'Props'
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p.258
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8566
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We need universals for causation and laws of nature; the latter give them their identity
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'Props'
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p.259
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8567
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Singular causation requires causes to raise the physical probability of their effects
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'Props'
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p.260
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8568
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A property is merely a constituent of laws of nature; temperature is just part of thermodynamics
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1995
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The Facts of Causation
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p.5
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10365
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We might use 'facta' to refer to the truth-makers for facts [Schaffer,J]
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p.79
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4785
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Causal statements relate facts (which are whatever true propositions express) [Psillos]
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p.412
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8408
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Probabilistic causation says C is a cause of E if it increases the chances of E occurring [Tooley]
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