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Ideas for 'Ways of Worldmaking', 'Categories' and 'Treatise of Human Nature, Appendix'

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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]

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

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Causation is just invariance, as long as it is described in general terms [Quine on Hume]

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If impressions, memories and ideas only differ in vivacity, nothing says it is memory, or repetition [Whitehead on Hume]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / b. Scientific necessity

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It is not possible for fire to be cold or snow black [Aristotle]