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All the ideas for 'Mechanism, purpose and explan. exclusion', 'Popular Scientific Lectures' and 'On the Law of War'

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6 ideas

1. Philosophy / G. Scientific Philosophy / 2. Positivism

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Laws of nature are just records of regularities and correlations, with concepts to make recording them easier [Mach, by Harré]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 1. Explanation / a. Explanation

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Explanatory exclusion: there cannot be two separate complete explanations of a single event [Kim]

25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 1. War / a. Just wars

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The only just cause for a war is a wrong received [Vitoria]

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Leaders can only attack foreigners who have done wrong (as with their own subjects) [Vitoria]

25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 1. War / c. Combatants

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Princes should not justify a war to their subjects, and doing so would undermine the state [Vitoria]

25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 1. War / d. Non-combatants

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Sacking a city is lawful if it motivates the attacking troops [Vitoria]