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All the ideas for 'The Facts of Causation', 'On the Soul (frags)' and 'Methodological Reflections on Current Linguistic Theory'

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5 ideas

3. Truth / B. Truthmakers / 5. What Makes Truths / a. What makes truths

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We might use 'facta' to refer to the truth-makers for facts [Mellor, by Schaffer,J]

17. Mind and Body / E. Mind as Physical / 3. Eliminativism

5997	Dicaearchus said soul does not exist, but is just a configuration of the body [Dicaearchus, by Fortenbaugh]

19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 2. Semantics

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Syntax and semantics are indeterminate, and modern 'semantics' is a bogus subject [Quine, by Lycan]

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 8. Particular Causation / b. Causal relata

4785	Causal statements relate facts (which are whatever true propositions express) [Mellor, by Psillos]

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 8. Particular Causation / e. Probabilistic causation

8408	Probabilistic causation says C is a cause of E if it increases the chances of E occurring [Mellor, by Tooley]