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'teaching', 'Logic and Epistemology of Causal Relations' and 'Existence and Quantification'
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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 4. Mathematical Nature
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Pythagoreans say things imitate numbers, but Plato says things participate in numbers [Pythagoras, by Aristotle]
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644
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For Pythagoreans the entire universe is made of numbers [Pythagoras, by Aristotle]
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375
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When musical harmony and rhythm were discovered, similar features were seen in bodily movement [Pythagoras, by Plato]
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638
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Pythagoreans define timeliness, justice and marriage in terms of numbers [Pythagoras, by Aristotle]
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Pythagoreans think mathematical principles are the principles of all of nature [Pythagoras, by Aristotle]
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 5. Direction of causation
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p is a cause and q an effect (not vice versa) if manipulations of p change q [Wright,GHv]
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We can imagine controlling floods by controlling rain, but not vice versa [Wright,GHv]
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 8. Particular Causation / a. Observation of causation
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The very notion of a cause depends on agency and action [Wright,GHv]
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We give regularities a causal character by subjecting them to experiment [Wright,GHv]
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 8. Particular Causation / c. Conditions of causation
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We must further analyse conditions for causation, into quantifiers or modal concepts [Wright,GHv]
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 2. Types of Laws
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Some laws are causal (Ohm's Law), but others are conceptual principles (conservation of energy) [Wright,GHv]
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