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All the ideas for 'Contemporary Efficient Causation: Aristotelian themes', 'What is an Idea?' and 'Second Commentary on 'Isagoge''

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8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 5. Universals as Concepts

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If universals are not separate, we can isolate them by abstraction [Boethius, by Panaccio]

18. Thought / C. Content / 2. Ideas

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By an 'idea' I mean not an actual thought, but the resources we can draw on to think [Leibniz]

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

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Causation interests us because we want to explain change [Mumford]