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All the ideas for 'Aristotle and Descartes on Matter', 'Causation' and 'Modern Moral Philosophy'

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14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / g. Causal explanations
8406 Not all explanations are causal, but if a thing can be explained at all, it can be explained causally [Sanford]
23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / e. Character
8070 It would be better to point to failings of character, than to moral wrongness of actions [Anscombe]
23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 1. Deontology
8065 'Ought' and 'right' are survivals from earlier ethics, and should be jettisoned [Anscombe]
8069 Between Aristotle and us, a Judaeo-Christian legal conception of ethics was developed [Anscombe]
26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / b. Prime matter
19399 Prime matter is nothing when it is at rest [Leibniz]
26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 8. Particular Causation / c. Conditions of causation
8407 A totality of conditions necessary for an occurrence is usually held to be jointly sufficient for it [Sanford]