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All the ideas for 'Later Letters to Dedekind', 'Scientific Explanation and the Causal Structure of the World' and 'Geometrical Method and Metaphysics'

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4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 4. Axioms for Sets / a. Axioms for sets

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Cantor gives informal versions of ZF axioms as ways of getting from one set to another [Cantor, by Lake]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / g. Causal explanations

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Minds are best explained by their ends, and bodies by efficient causes [Leibniz]

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

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Causation produces productive mechanisms; to understand the world, understand these mechanisms [Salmon]

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Salmon's interaction mechanisms needn't be regular, or involving any systems [Glennan on Salmon]