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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Thoughts without Laws' and 'Contemporary Efficient Causation: Aristotelian themes'

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6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 3. Axioms for Geometry
Archimedes defined a straight line as the shortest distance between two points [Archimedes, by Leibniz]
11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 4. Belief / a. Beliefs
The function of beliefs is to produce beliefs-that-p when p [Millikan]
26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 1. Causation
Causation interests us because we want to explain change [Mumford]