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'The Advancement of Learning', 'Varieties of Causation' and 'On the Heavens'
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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 2. Natural Purpose / a. Final purpose
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An unworn sandal is in vain, but nothing in nature is in vain [Aristotle]
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There has to be some goal, and not just movement to infinity [Aristotle]
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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 2. Natural Purpose / c. Purpose denied
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Teleological accounts are fine in metaphysics, but they stop us from searching for the causes [Bacon]
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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / f. Ancient elements
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Aether moves in circles and is imperishable; the four elements perish, and move in straight lines [Aristotle, by Gill,ML]
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An element is what bodies are analysed into, and won't itself divide into something else [Aristotle]
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / b. Nomological causation
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What law would explain causation in the case of causing a table to come into existence? [Sosa]
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / d. Causal necessity
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The necessitated is not always a result or consequence of the necessitator [Sosa]
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Where is the necessary causation in the three people being tall making everybody tall? [Sosa]
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / a. Scientific essentialism
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Essences are part of first philosophy, but as part of nature, not part of logic [Bacon]
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