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All the ideas for 'Croce and Collingwood', 'The Architecture of Theories' and 'Causality and Explanation'

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14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / i. Explanations by mechanism

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Salmon's mechanisms are processes and interactions, involving marks, or conserved quantities [Salmon, by Machamer/Darden/Craver]

17. Mind and Body / A. Mind-Body Dualism / 1. Dualism

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Physical and psychical laws of mind are either independent, or derived in one or other direction [Peirce]

21. Aesthetics / A. Aesthetic Experience / 1. Aesthetics

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By 1790 aestheticians were mainly trying to explain individual artistic genius [Kemp]

21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 4. Art as Expression

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Expression can be either necessary for art, or sufficient for art (or even both) [Kemp]

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We don't already know what to express, and then seek means of expressing it [Kemp]

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The horror expressed in some works of art could equallly be expressed by other means [Kemp]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 1. Laws of Nature

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The world is full of variety, but laws seem to produce uniformity [Peirce]

27. Natural Reality / G. Biology / 3. Evolution

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Darwinian evolution is chance, with the destruction of bad results [Peirce]