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All the ideas for 'Laudatio: Prof Ruth Barcan Marcus', 'Lewis on Perdurance versus Endurance' and 'Causation and the Manifestation of Powers'

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4. Formal Logic / D. Modal Logic ML / 7. Barcan Formula
15130 If a property is possible, there is something which can have it [Williamson]
7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 1. Nature of Change
15541 Maybe particles are unchanging, and intrinsic change in things is their rearrangement [Lowe, by Lewis]
15. Nature of Minds / C. Capacities of Minds / 9. Perceiving Causation
17527 Causation seems to be an innate concept (or acquired very early) [Bird]
26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 2. Types of cause
17528 The dispositional account explains causation, as stimulation and manifestation of dispositions [Bird]
26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / c. Counterfactual causation
17526 The counterfactual approach makes no distinction between cause and pre-condition [Bird]