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'Metaphysics', 'Mathematics without Numbers' and 'Logic and Epistemology of Causal Relations'
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 4. Naturalised causation
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Is there cause outside matter, and can it be separated, and is it one or many? [Aristotle]
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 5. Direction of causation
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p is a cause and q an effect (not vice versa) if manipulations of p change q [Wright,GHv]
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We can imagine controlling floods by controlling rain, but not vice versa [Wright,GHv]
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 8. Particular Causation / a. Observation of causation
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The very notion of a cause depends on agency and action [Wright,GHv]
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We give regularities a causal character by subjecting them to experiment [Wright,GHv]
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 8. Particular Causation / c. Conditions of causation
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We exercise to be fit, but need fitness to exercise [Aristotle]
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We must further analyse conditions for causation, into quantifiers or modal concepts [Wright,GHv]
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / b. Nomological causation
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Pure Forms and numbers can't cause anything, and especially not movement [Aristotle]
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / d. Causal necessity
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When a power and its object meet in the right conditions, an action necessarily follows [Aristotle]
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