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All the ideas for 'The Facts of Causation', 'MacIntyre versus the Enlightenment' and 'talk'

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5 ideas

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

10365

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

6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 10. Constructivism / a. Constructivism

9916	Convention, yes! Arbitrary, no! [Poincaré, by Putnam]

13. Knowledge Criteria / E. Relativism / 4. Cultural relativism

1490	You would have to be very morally lazy to ignore criticisms of your own culture [Nagel]

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]