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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / d. The unlimited
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The essential nature, whatever it is, of the non-limited is everlasting and ageless [Anaximander]
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The Boundless cannot exist on its own, and must have something contrary to it [Aristotle on Anaximander]
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Things begin and end in the Unlimited, and are balanced over time according to justice [Anaximander]
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Anaximander introduced the idea that the first principle and element of things was the Boundless [Anaximander, by Simplicius]
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 8. Particular Causation / e. Probabilistic causation
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A cause won't increase the effect frequency if other causes keep interfering [Cartwright,N]
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 2. Types of Laws
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There are fundamental explanatory laws (false!), and phenomenological laws (regularities) [Cartwright,N, by Bird]
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Laws of appearances are 'phenomenological'; laws of reality are 'theoretical' [Cartwright,N]
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 4. Regularities / b. Best system theory
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Good organisation may not be true, and the truth may not organise very much [Cartwright,N]
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 11. Against Laws of Nature
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To get from facts to equations, we need a prepared descriptions suited to mathematics [Cartwright,N]
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Simple laws have quite different outcomes when they act in combinations [Cartwright,N]
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There are few laws for when one theory meets another [Cartwright,N]
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