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'The Fixation of Belief', 'Sentences' and 'Essays on Active Powers 1: Active power'
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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / b. Prime matter
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Prime matter lacks essence, but is only potentially and indeterminately a physical thing [Auriol]
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26. Natural Theory / B. Natural Kinds / 2. Defining Kinds
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What is true of one piece of copper is true of another (unlike brass) [Peirce]
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / a. Constant conjunction
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Day and night are constantly conjoined, but they don't cause one another [Reid, by Crane]
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / d. Causal necessity
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Regular events don't imply a cause, without an innate conviction of universal causation [Reid]
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 1. Laws of Nature
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Scientists don't know the cause of magnetism, and only discover its regulations [Reid]
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Laws are rules for effects, but these need a cause; rules of navigation don't navigate [Reid]
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