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All the ideas for 'Intro to 'Essays on Actions and Events'', 'De arcanus motus' and 'Carving Content at the Joints'

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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 1. Powers

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Because of the definitions of cause, effect and power, cause and effect have the same power [Leibniz]

10. Modality / A. Necessity / 2. Nature of Necessity

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Every necessary proposition is demonstrable to someone who understands [Leibniz]

17. Mind and Body / E. Mind as Physical / 5. Causal Argument

6383	Cause unites our picture of the universe; without it, mental and physical will separate [Davidson]

18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 7. Abstracta by Equivalence

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A sentence should be recarved to reveal its content or implication relations [Yablo]

20. Action / B. Preliminaries of Action / 2. Willed Action / d. Weakness of will

6385	The causally strongest reason may not be the reason the actor judges to be best [Davidson]

20. Action / C. Motives for Action / 3. Acting on Reason / a. Practical reason

6384	The notion of cause is essential to acting for reasons, intentions, agency, akrasia, and free will [Davidson]