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All the ideas for 'Grounding, Transitivity and Contrastivity', 'Quaestiones de anima' and 'Aesthetics: problems in the philosophy of criticism'

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7 ideas

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 1. Grounding / a. Nature of grounding

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As causation links across time, grounding links the world across levels [Schaffer,J]

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If ground is transitive and irreflexive, it has a strict partial ordering, giving structure [Schaffer,J]

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 2. Hylomorphism / d. Form as unifier

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One thing needs a single thing to unite it; if there were two forms, something must unite them [Aquinas]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / b. Contrastive explanations

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Explaining 'Adam ate the apple' depends on emphasis, and thus implies a contrast [Schaffer,J]

21. Aesthetics / C. Artistic Issues / 6. Value of Art

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Art leads to mental health, and mental clarity [Beardsley,M, by Carroll,N]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 1. Nature

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I take what is fundamental to be the whole spatiotemporal manifold and its fields [Schaffer,J]

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

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Nowadays causation is usually understood in terms of equations and variable ranges [Schaffer,J]