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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 1. Nature

454	If there are many things they must have a finite number, but there must be endless things between them [Zeno of Elea]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / g. Atomism

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Atoms are not points, but hard indivisible things, which no force in nature can divide [Gassendi]

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How do mere atoms produce qualities like colour, flavour and odour? [Gassendi]

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

15551

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

15552

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]