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All the ideas for 'Space and Time', 'Scientific Explanation and the Causal Structure of the World' and 'Contributions of Philosophy (On Appropriation)'

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4 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / b. Philosophy as transcendent

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When philosophy makes itself intelligible, it commits suicide [Heidegger]

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]

27. Natural Reality / C. Space / 6. Space-Time

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Space alone, and time alone, will fade away, and only their union has an independent reality [Minkowski]