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Ideas for 'Causes and Counterfactuals', 'Could There Be Unicorns?' and 'Principle of Life and Plastic Natures'

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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 7. Later Matter Theories / a. Early Modern matter

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Not all of matter is animated, any more than a pond full of living fish is animated [Leibniz]

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Every particle of matter contains organic bodies [Leibniz]

26. Natural Theory / B. Natural Kinds / 7. Critique of Kinds

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Generalised talk of 'natural kinds' is unfortunate, as they vary too much [Dummett]

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 1. Causation

8430	Causal statements are used to explain, to predict, to control, to attribute responsibility, and in theories [Kim]

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / c. Counterfactual causation

8396	Many counterfactuals have nothing to do with causation [Kim, by Tooley]

8429	Counterfactuals can express four other relations between events, apart from causation [Kim]

8428	Causation is not the only dependency relation expressed by counterfactuals [Kim]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 9. Counterfactual Claims

4781	Many counterfactual truths do not imply causation ('if yesterday wasn't Monday, it isn't Tuesday') [Kim, by Psillos]