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All the ideas for 'The Dappled World', 'Some Main Problems of Philosophy' and 'Causation'

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5 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / c. Philosophy as generalisation

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The main aim of philosophy is to describe the whole Universe. [Moore,GE]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 8. Facts / a. Facts

8386	Events are picked out by descriptions, and facts by whole sentences [Crane]

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

17503

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

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

8387	A cause has its effects in virtue of its properties [Crane]

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / a. Constant conjunction

8384	The regularity theory explains a causal event by other items than the two that are involved [Crane]