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'Explaining the A Priori', 'What is a Law of Nature?' and 'System of Logic'
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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / e. The One
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We can't deduce the phenomena from the One [Armstrong]
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 2. Types of cause
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Absences might be effects, but surely not causes? [Armstrong]
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 8. Particular Causation / c. Conditions of causation
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A cause is the total of all the conditions which inevitably produce the result [Mill]
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 8. Particular Causation / d. Selecting the cause
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Causes and conditions are not distinct, because we select capriciously from among them [Mill]
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The strict cause is the total positive and negative conditions which ensure the consequent [Mill]
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / a. Constant conjunction
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Causation is just invariability of succession between every natural fact and a preceding fact [Mill]
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / d. Causal necessity
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A cause is an antecedent which invariably and unconditionally leads to a phenomenon [Mill]
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 1. Laws of Nature
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Science depends on laws of nature to study unobserved times and spaces [Armstrong]
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A universe couldn't consist of mere laws [Armstrong]
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 2. Types of Laws
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Oaken conditional laws, Iron universal laws, and Steel necessary laws [Armstrong, by PG]
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 3. Laws and Generalities
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Newton's First Law refers to bodies not acted upon by a force, but there may be no such body [Armstrong]
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 4. Regularities / a. Regularity theory
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Mill's regularity theory of causation is based on an effect preceded by a conjunction of causes [Mill, by Psillos]
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In Mill's 'Method of Agreement' cause is the common factor in a range of different cases [Mill, by Psillos]
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In Mill's 'Method of Difference' the cause is what stops the effect when it is removed [Mill, by Psillos]
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Regularities are lawful if a second-order universal unites two first-order universals [Armstrong, by Lewis]
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A naive regularity view says if it never occurs then it is impossible [Armstrong]
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 4. Regularities / b. Best system theory
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What are the fewest propositions from which all natural uniformities could be inferred? [Mill]
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 5. Laws from Universals
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The laws of nature link properties with properties [Armstrong]
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Rather than take necessitation between universals as primitive, just make laws primitive [Maudlin on Armstrong]
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Armstrong has an unclear notion of contingent necessitation, which can't necessitate anything [Bird on Armstrong]
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