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Ideas for 'Folk Psychology', 'Letters to Bentley' and 'The Metaphysic of Abstract Particulars'

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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 8. Particular Causation / b. Causal relata

8517	Causal conditions are particular abstract instances of properties, which makes them tropes [Campbell,K]

8516	Davidson can't explain causation entirely by events, because conditions are also involved [Campbell,K]

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

15863

The principles of my treatise are designed to fit with a belief in God [Newton]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 4. Regularities / a. Regularity theory

8340	I do not pretend to know the cause of gravity [Newton]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / e. Anti scientific essentialism

13150

The motions of the planets could only derive from an intelligent agent [Newton]

12178

That gravity should be innate and essential to matter is absurd [Newton]