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'Causation', 'On Nature Itself (De Ipsa Natura)' and 'The Ways of Paradox'
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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / g. Atomism
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There are atoms of substance, but no atoms of bulk or extension [Leibniz]
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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 7. Later Matter Theories / a. Early Modern matter
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Secondary matter is active and complete; primary matter is passive and incomplete [Leibniz]
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 5. Direction of causation
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A theory of causation should explain why cause precedes effect, not take it for granted [Lewis, by Field,H]
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I reject making the direction of causation axiomatic, since that takes too much for granted [Lewis]
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 8. Particular Causation / d. Selecting the cause
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It is just individious discrimination to pick out one cause and label it as 'the' cause [Lewis]
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The modern regularity view says a cause is a member of a minimal set of sufficient conditions [Lewis]
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / a. Constant conjunction
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Regularity analyses could make c an effect of e, or an epiphenomenon, or inefficacious, or pre-empted [Lewis]
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / c. Counterfactual causation
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The counterfactual view says causes are necessary (rather than sufficient) for their effects [Lewis, by Bird]
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Lewis has basic causation, counterfactuals, and a general ancestral (thus handling pre-emption) [Lewis, by Bird]
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Counterfactual causation implies all laws are causal, which they aren't [Tooley on Lewis]
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My counterfactual analysis applies to particular cases, not generalisations [Lewis]
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One event causes another iff there is a causal chain from first to second [Lewis]
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / a. Scientific essentialism
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If there is some trace of God in things, that would explain their natural force [Leibniz]
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 9. Counterfactual Claims
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Lewis's account of counterfactuals is fine if we know what a law of nature is, but it won't explain the latter [Cohen,LJ on Lewis]
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