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Ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Events' and 'Causality and Properties'

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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 5. Infinite in Nature

1748	Archelaus was the first person to say that the universe is boundless [Archelaus, by Diog. Laertius]

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 1. Causation

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Causation is a general relation derived from instances of causal dependence [Lewis]

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 8. Particular Causation / b. Causal relata

8542	If causality is between events, there must be reference to the properties involved [Shoemaker]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / b. Scientific necessity

8560	If causal laws describe causal potentialities, the same laws govern properties in all possible worlds [Shoemaker]

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If properties are causal, then causal necessity is a species of logical necessity [Shoemaker]

8561	If a world has different causal laws, it must have different properties [Shoemaker]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / d. Knowing essences

8553	It looks as if the immutability of the powers of a property imply essentiality [Shoemaker]