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All the ideas for 'Lectures on the History of Philosophy', 'Does Conceivability Entail Possibility?' and 'Contemporary Efficient Causation: Aristotelian themes'

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

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Philosophy is the conceptual essence of the shape of history [Hegel]

10. Modality / D. Knowledge of Modality / 4. Conceivable as Possible / a. Conceivable as possible

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Modal Rationalism: conceivability gives a priori access to modal truths [Chalmers, by Stalnaker]

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Evaluate primary possibility from some world, and secondary possibility from this world [Chalmers, by Vaidya]

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 1. Causation

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Causation interests us because we want to explain change [Mumford]