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All the ideas for 'Humean metaphysics vs metaphysics of Powers', 'Review of Parsons (1983)' and 'The Sceptical Chemist'

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6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 4. Mathematical Empiricism / b. Indispensability of mathematics

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Mathematics is part of science; transfinite mathematics I take as mostly uninterpreted [Quine]

27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 2. Passage of Time / g. Time's arrow

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Causation is the power of one property to produce another, and this gives time its direction [Esfeld]

27. Natural Reality / G. Biology / 3. Evolution

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I don't see how mere moving matter can lead to the bodies of men and animals, and especially their seeds [Boyle]