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Ideas for 'Metaphysics', 'Causation and Laws of Nature' and 'The Powers Metaphysics'

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7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 1. Nature of Change

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Nature is an active principle of change, like potentiality, but it is intrinsic to things [Aristotle]

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Change exists, it is causal, and it needs an explanation [Williams,NE]

7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 2. Processes

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An actuality is usually thought to be a process [Aristotle]

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Processes don't begin or end; they just change direction unexpectedly [Williams,NE]

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Processes are either strings of short unchanging states, or continuous and unreducible events [Williams,NE]