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Ideas for 'Phaedo', 'Causal Connections' and 'The Meaning of 'Meaning''

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26. Natural Theory / B. Natural Kinds / 4. Source of Kinds

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The hidden structure of a natural kind determines membership in all possible worlds [Putnam]

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

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Fancy being unable to distinguish a cause from its necessary background conditions! [Plato]

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

4784	Salmon says processes rather than events should be basic in a theory of physical causation [Salmon, by Psillos]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / a. Scientific essentialism

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If causes are the essence of diseases, then disease is an example of a relational essence [Putnam, by Williams,NE]

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Archimedes meant by 'gold' the hidden structure or essence of the stuff [Putnam]