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'Ways of Worldmaking', 'fragments/reports' and 'Nature and Observability of Causal Relations'
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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 1. Nature
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If the world is one it has many aspects, and if there are many worlds they will collect into one [Goodman]
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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 2. Natural Purpose / a. Final purpose
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For Anaxagoras the Good Mind has no opposite, and causes all movement, for a higher reason [Anaxagoras, by Aristotle]
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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / a. Greek matter
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Mind creates the world from a mixture of pure substances [Anaxagoras, by ]
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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / c. Ultimate substances
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Anaxagoras said that the number of principles was infinite [Anaxagoras, by Aristotle]
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The ultimate constituents of reality are the homoeomeries [Anaxagoras, by Vlastos]
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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / f. Ancient elements
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Anaxagoreans regard the homoeomeries as elements, which compose earth, air, fire and water [Anaxagoras, by Aristotle]
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 1. Causation
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Anaxagoras says mind produces order and causes everything [Anaxagoras, by Plato]
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 2. Types of cause
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Causation is defined in terms of a single sequence, and constant conjunction is no part of it [Ducasse]
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 8. Particular Causation / a. Observation of causation
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We see what is in common between causes to assign names to them, not to perceive them [Ducasse]
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 8. Particular Causation / c. Conditions of causation
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Causes are either sufficient, or necessary, or necessitated, or contingent upon [Ducasse]
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When a brick and a canary-song hit a window, we ignore the canary if we are interested in the breakage [Ducasse]
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 8. Particular Causation / d. Selecting the cause
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A cause is a change which occurs close to the effect and just before it [Ducasse]
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / a. Constant conjunction
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Recurrence is only relevant to the meaning of law, not to the meaning of cause [Ducasse]
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / b. Nomological causation
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We are interested in generalising about causes and effects purely for practical purposes [Ducasse]
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