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Ideas for 'Material Beings', 'Causal Explanation' and 'Letters to Thomas Burnett'

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

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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]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / c. Essence and laws

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Gravity is within matter because of its structure, and it can be explained. [Leibniz]