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Ideas for 'After Finitude', 'Political Philosophy: all that matters' and 'Causation and the Manifestation of Powers'

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

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The dispositional account explains causation, as stimulation and manifestation of dispositions [Bird]

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / c. Counterfactual causation

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The counterfactual approach makes no distinction between cause and pre-condition [Bird]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / b. Scientific necessity

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If the laws of nature are contingent, shouldn't we already have noticed it? [Meillassoux]

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Why are contingent laws of nature stable? [Meillassoux]