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All the ideas for 'Causes and Counterfactuals', 'Probabilistic Causality' and 'Nominalism and Realism'

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8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 2. Need for Universals

4032	The problem of universals is how many particulars can all be of the same 'type' [Armstrong]

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

8430	Causal statements are used to explain, to predict, to control, to attribute responsibility, and in theories [Kim]

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 8. Particular Causation / e. Probabilistic causation

8409	Probabilistic causal concepts are widely used in everyday life and in science [Salmon]

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / c. Counterfactual causation

8428	Causation is not the only dependency relation expressed by counterfactuals [Kim]

8396	Many counterfactuals have nothing to do with causation [Kim, by Tooley]

8429	Counterfactuals can express four other relations between events, apart from causation [Kim]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 9. Counterfactual Claims

4781	Many counterfactual truths do not imply causation ('if yesterday wasn't Monday, it isn't Tuesday') [Kim, by Psillos]