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Ideas for 'Presentism and Properties', 'The Enneads' and 'Causal Structuralism'

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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / e. The One

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How can multiple existence arise from the unified One? [Plotinus]

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Soul is the logos of Nous, just as Nous is the logos of the One [Plotinus]

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Because the One is immobile, it must create by radiation, light the sun producing light [Plotinus]

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 7. Eliminating causation

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Maybe scientific causation is just generalisation about the patterns [Hawthorne]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 6. Laws as Numerical

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We only know the mathematical laws, but not much else [Hawthorne]