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All the ideas for 'works', 'Paradoxes: Form and Predication' and 'Physical Causation'

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5. Theory of Logic / G. Quantification / 6. Plural Quantification

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Saying 'they can become a set' is a tautology, because reference to 'they' implies a collection [Cargile]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / e. Human nature

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The most important aspect of a human being is not reason, but passion [Kierkegaard, by Carlisle]

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

4787	Causation interaction is an exchange of conserved quantities, such as mass, energy or charge [Dowe, by Psillos]

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Physical causation consists in transference of conserved quantities [Dowe, by Mumford/Anjum]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 9. Counterfactual Claims

4788	Dowe commends the Conserved Quantity theory as it avoids mention of counterfactuals [Dowe, by Psillos]