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Ideas for 'Commentary on 'De Anima'', 'The Limits of Contingency' and 'The Facts of Causation'

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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 8. Particular Causation / b. Causal relata

4785	Causal statements relate facts (which are whatever true propositions express) [Mellor, by Psillos]

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 8. Particular Causation / e. Probabilistic causation

8408	Probabilistic causation says C is a cause of E if it increases the chances of E occurring [Mellor, by Tooley]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 4. Regularities / b. Best system theory

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The MRL view says laws are the theorems of the simplest and strongest account of the world [Rosen]