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All the ideas for 'Scientific Explanation', 'Model Theory for Modal Logic I' and 'Events'

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9 ideas

2. Reason / F. Fallacies / 4. Circularity

9355	One sort of circularity presupposes a premise, the other presupposes a rule being used [Braithwaite, by Devitt]

4. Formal Logic / D. Modal Logic ML / 3. Modal Logic Systems / h. System S5

9560	S5 provides the correct logic for necessity in the broadly logical sense [Fine,K]

7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 4. Events / a. Nature of events

15565

Events have inbuilt essences, as necessary conditions for their occurrence [Lewis]

15566

Events are classes, and so there is a mereology of their parts [Lewis]

15567

Some events involve no change; they must, because causal histories involve unchanges [Lewis]

15561

The events that suit semantics may not be the events that suit causation [Lewis]

7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 4. Events / c. Reduction of events

15564

An event is a property of a unique space-time region [Lewis]

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 10. Properties as Predicates

15563

Properties are very abundant (unlike universals), and are used for semantics and higher-order variables [Lewis]

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

15562

Causation is a general relation derived from instances of causal dependence [Lewis]