Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'The Actual and the Possible', 'On the Freedom of the Will' and 'The History of Animals'

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10. Modality / C. Sources of Modality / 5. Modality from Actuality

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A state of affairs is only possible if there has been an actual substance to initiate it [Pruss]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / k. Explanations by essence

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Aristotelian explanation by essence may need to draw on knowledge of other essences [Aristotle, by Koslicki]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / g. Moral responsibility

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We clearly feel responsible for our deeds, because we are quite certain that we did them [Schopenhauer]

27. Natural Reality / G. Biology / 2. Life

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Plants have far less life than animals, but more life than other corporeal entities [Aristotle]

27. Natural Reality / G. Biology / 3. Evolution

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There is a gradual proceeding from the inanimate to animals, with no clear borderlines [Aristotle]