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'Through the Looking Glass', 'fragments/reports' and 'System of Logic'
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 8. Particular Causation / c. Conditions of causation
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A cause is the total of all the conditions which inevitably produce the result [Mill]
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 8. Particular Causation / d. Selecting the cause
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Causes and conditions are not distinct, because we select capriciously from among them [Mill]
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The strict cause is the total positive and negative conditions which ensure the consequent [Mill]
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / a. Constant conjunction
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Causation is just invariability of succession between every natural fact and a preceding fact [Mill]
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / d. Causal necessity
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A cause is an antecedent which invariably and unconditionally leads to a phenomenon [Mill]
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 4. Regularities / a. Regularity theory
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Mill's regularity theory of causation is based on an effect preceded by a conjunction of causes [Mill, by Psillos]
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In Mill's 'Method of Agreement' cause is the common factor in a range of different cases [Mill, by Psillos]
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In Mill's 'Method of Difference' the cause is what stops the effect when it is removed [Mill, by Psillos]
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 4. Regularities / b. Best system theory
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What are the fewest propositions from which all natural uniformities could be inferred? [Mill]
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