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Ideas for 'The Varieties of Necessity', 'Essays on Active Powers 4: Liberty of Agents' and 'Aristotle on Learning to be Good'

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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / a. Constant conjunction

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We all know that mere priority or constant conjunction do not have to imply causation [Reid]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 1. Laws of Nature

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The principle of the law of nature is that matter is passive, and is acted upon [Reid]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / a. Scientific essentialism

9215	Causation is easier to disrupt than logic, so metaphysics is part of nature, not vice versa [Fine,K]