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All the ideas for 'Varieties of Causation', 'Letter to Mersenne' and 'Phenomenalism'

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7 ideas

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 12. Essential Parts

8443	Mereological essentialism says an entity must have exactly those parts [Sosa]

11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 2. Phenomenalism

2614	Modern phenomenalism holds that objects are logical constructions out of sense-data [Ayer]

12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 4. Sense Data / a. Sense-data theory

2615	The concept of sense-data allows us to discuss appearances without worrying about reality [Ayer]

16. Persons / F. Free Will / 3. Constraints on the will

3789	The more reasons that compel me, the freer I am [Descartes]

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / b. Nomological causation

8442	What law would explain causation in the case of causing a table to come into existence? [Sosa]

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

8445	The necessitated is not always a result or consequence of the necessitator [Sosa]

8444	Where is the necessary causation in the three people being tall making everybody tall? [Sosa]