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All the ideas for 'Reason, Emotions and Good Life', 'The Dappled World' and 'Causality: Reductionism versus Realism'

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4 ideas

14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 1. Scientific Theory

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Theories can never represent accurately, because their components are abstract [Cartwright,N, by Portides]

20. Action / C. Motives for Action / 3. Acting on Reason / a. Practical reason

4316	Either all action is rational, or reason dominates, or reason is only concerned with means [Cottingham]

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 4. Naturalised causation

8416	Reductionists can't explain accidents, uninstantiated laws, probabilities, or the existence of any laws [Tooley]

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

8418	Quantum physics suggests that the basic laws of nature are probabilistic [Tooley]