Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'Subjectivist's Guide to Objective Chance', 'Psychophysical supervenience' and 'Geometrical Method and Metaphysics'

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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 4. Intrinsic Properties

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Extrinsic properties, unlike intrinsics, imply the existence of a separate object [Kim, by Lewis]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / g. Causal explanations

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Minds are best explained by their ends, and bodies by efficient causes [Leibniz]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 4. Regularities / b. Best system theory

9425	Lewis later proposed the axioms at the intersection of the best theories (which may be few) [Mumford on Lewis]