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All the ideas for 'The Lagoon: how Aristotle invented science', 'Conceptions of Truth' and 'Varieties of Causation'

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6 ideas

1. Philosophy / C. History of Philosophy / 2. Ancient Philosophy / b. Pre-Socratic philosophy
21355 The Pre-Socratics are not simple naturalists, because they do not always 'leave the gods out' [Leroi]
2. Reason / D. Definition / 12. Paraphrase
18491 The idea of 'making' can be mere conceptual explanation (like 'because') [Künne]
9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 12. Essential Parts
8443 Mereological essentialism says an entity must have exactly those parts [Sosa]
26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / b. Nomological causation
8442 What law would explain causation in the case of causing a table to come into existence? [Sosa]
26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / d. Causal necessity
8445 The necessitated is not always a result or consequence of the necessitator [Sosa]
8444 Where is the necessary causation in the three people being tall making everybody tall? [Sosa]