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'Mathematical Methods in Philosophy', 'How the Laws of Physics Lie' and 'Outlines of Pyrrhonism'
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 4. Naturalised causation
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
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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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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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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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 8. Particular Causation / c. Conditions of causation
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 / C. Causation / 8. Particular Causation / e. Probabilistic causation
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A cause won't increase the effect frequency if other causes keep interfering [Cartwright,N]
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 2. Types of Laws
6781
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There are fundamental explanatory laws (false!), and phenomenological laws (regularities) [Cartwright,N, by Bird]
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Laws of appearances are 'phenomenological'; laws of reality are 'theoretical' [Cartwright,N]
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 4. Regularities / b. Best system theory
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Good organisation may not be true, and the truth may not organise very much [Cartwright,N]
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 11. Against Laws of Nature
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There are few laws for when one theory meets another [Cartwright,N]
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To get from facts to equations, we need a prepared descriptions suited to mathematics [Cartwright,N]
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Simple laws have quite different outcomes when they act in combinations [Cartwright,N]
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