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All the ideas for 'The Problem of Empty Names', 'Letters to Voetius' and 'Causality and Explanation'

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5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / e. Empty names

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Unreflectively, we all assume there are nonexistents, and we can refer to them [Reimer]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / i. Explanations by mechanism

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Salmon's mechanisms are processes and interactions, involving marks, or conserved quantities [Salmon, by Machamer/Darden/Craver]

28. God / C. Attitudes to God / 5. Atheism

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Atheism is an atrocious and intolerable crime in any country [Descartes]