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'fragments/reports', 'Outlines of Pyrrhonism' and 'The Meaning of 'Meaning''
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26. Natural Theory / B. Natural Kinds / 4. Source of Kinds
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11191
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The hidden structure of a natural kind determines membership in all possible worlds [Putnam]
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 4. Naturalised causation
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1894
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Some say that causes are physical, some say not [Sext.Empiricus]
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 7. Eliminating causation
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1897
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Knowing an effect results from a cause means knowing that the cause belongs with the effect, which is circular [Sext.Empiricus]
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1898
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Cause can't exist before effect, or exist at the same time, so it doesn't exist [Sext.Empiricus]
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1896
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If there were no causes then everything would have been randomly produced by everything [Sext.Empiricus]
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 8. Particular Causation / c. Conditions of causation
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1895
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Causes are either equal to the effect, or they link equally with other causes, or they contribute slightly [Sext.Empiricus]
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / a. Scientific essentialism
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If causes are the essence of diseases, then disease is an example of a relational essence [Putnam, by Williams,NE]
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11190
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Archimedes meant by 'gold' the hidden structure or essence of the stuff [Putnam]
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