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All the ideas for 'Lectures on the History of Philosophy', 'Contemporary Efficient Causation: Aristotelian themes' and 'Two Problems for Essentialism'

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3 ideas

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

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

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

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

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / e. Anti scientific essentialism

5492	How can essences generate the right powers to vary with distance between objects? [Armstrong]