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All the ideas for 'Classical Cosmology (frags)', 'Against Euthanasia' and 'The Facts of Causation'

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6 ideas

3. Truth / B. Truthmakers / 5. What Makes Truths / a. What makes truths
10365 We might use 'facta' to refer to the truth-makers for facts [Mellor, by Schaffer,J]
25. Social Practice / F. Life Issues / 2. Euthanasia
4051 People will volunteer for euthanasia because they think other people want them dead [Kamisar]
4050 We only allow voluntary euthanasia to someone who is both sane and crazed by pain [Kamisar]
26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 8. Particular Causation / b. Causal relata
4785 Causal statements relate facts (which are whatever true propositions express) [Mellor, by Psillos]
26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 8. Particular Causation / e. Probabilistic causation
8408 Probabilistic causation says C is a cause of E if it increases the chances of E occurring [Mellor, by Tooley]
27. Natural Reality / E. Cosmology / 1. Cosmology
5994 Is the cosmos open or closed, mechanical or teleological, alive or inanimate, and created or eternal? [Robinson,TM, by PG]