Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'Freedom to Act', 'Letters to Regius' and 'Causal Connections'

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4 ideas

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 15. Against Essentialism

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Substantial forms are not understood, and explain nothing [Descartes]

20. Action / C. Motives for Action / 3. Acting on Reason / c. Reasons as causes

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Deviant causal chain: a reason causes an action, but isn't the reason for which it was performed [Davidson, by Neta]

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

4784	Salmon says processes rather than events should be basic in a theory of physical causation [Salmon, by Psillos]

29. Religion / B. Monotheistic Religion / 4. Christianity / c. Angels

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An angelic mind would not experience pain, even when connected to a human body [Descartes, by Pasnau]