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Ideas for 'Mahaprajnaparamitashastra', 'Nicomachean Ethics' and 'Causal Explanation'

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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 2. Types of cause

5219	Types of cause are nature, necessity and chance, and mind and human agency [Aristotle]

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Explaining match lighting in general is like explaining one lighting of a match [Lewis]

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 8. Particular Causation / d. Selecting the cause

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Ways of carving causes may be natural, but never 'right' [Lewis]

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We only pick 'the' cause for the purposes of some particular enquiry. [Lewis]

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

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Causal dependence is counterfactual dependence between events [Lewis]