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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Physical Causation' and 'The Union of Body and Soul'

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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 3. Philosophy Defined

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Even pointing a finger should only be done for a reason [Epictetus]

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 4. Naturalised causation

4787	Causation interaction is an exchange of conserved quantities, such as mass, energy or charge [Dowe, by Psillos]

14586

Physical causation consists in transference of conserved quantities [Dowe, by Mumford/Anjum]

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / d. Causal necessity

2594	A true cause must involve a necessary connection between cause and effect [Malebranche]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 9. Counterfactual Claims

4788	Dowe commends the Conserved Quantity theory as it avoids mention of counterfactuals [Dowe, by Psillos]