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Ideas for 'Consciousness', 'Causal Explanation' and 'Reality is Not What it Seems'

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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 2. Natural Purpose / b. Limited purposes

6538	We need a notion of teleology that comes in degrees [Lycan]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 5. Infinite in Nature

20469

There are probably no infinities, and 'infinite' names what we do not yet know [Rovelli]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / d. The unlimited

20461

The basic ideas of fields and particles are merged in quantum mechanics [Rovelli]

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

15555

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

15553

Causal dependence is counterfactual dependence between events [Lewis]