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Ideas for 'fragments/reports', '01: Book of Genesis' and 'Inference to the Best Explanation (2nd)'

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26. Natural Theory / B. Natural Kinds / 5. Reference to Natural Kinds

16782	The names of all the types of creature were given forever by Adam [Anon (Tor)]
	Full Idea: Whatsoever Adam called any living creature, the same is its name. And Adam called all the beasts by their names, and all the fowls of the air, and all the cattle of the field.
	From: Anon (Tor) (01: Book of Genesis [c.750 BCE], 02:20)

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / c. Counterfactual causation

16847	Counterfactual causation makes causes necessary but not sufficient [Lipton]
	Full Idea: The counterfactual conception of causation makes causes necessary but not sufficient conditions for their effects.
	From: Peter Lipton (Inference to the Best Explanation (2nd) [2004], 08 'From cause')
	A reaction: Interesting. Then causes would be necessary, but would not necessitate. So what makes a cause sufficient?