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All the ideas for 'Cognition of Value in Aristotle's Ethics', 'Scientific Explanation and the Causal Structure of the World' and 'The Nature of Musical Expression'

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14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / i. Explanations by mechanism
17093 Causation produces productive mechanisms; to understand the world, understand these mechanisms [Salmon]
17492 Salmon's interaction mechanisms needn't be regular, or involving any systems [Glennan on Salmon]
21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 4. Art as Expression
12165 Romantics say music expresses ideas, or the Will, or intuitions, or feelings [Scruton]
21. Aesthetics / C. Artistic Issues / 4. Emotion in Art
12164 Expressing melancholy is a good thing, but arousing it is a bad thing [Scruton]
22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / h. Expressivism
4375 Evaluations are not disguised emotions; instead, emotion is a type of evaluation [Achtenberg]