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All the ideas for 'Scientific Explanation and the Causal Structure of the World', 'Whose Justice? Which Rationality?' and 'The Union of Body and Soul'

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13. Knowledge Criteria / E. Relativism / 4. Cultural relativism

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Relativism can be seen as about the rationality of different cultural traditions [MacIntyre, by Kusch]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / i. Explanations by mechanism

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Causation produces productive mechanisms; to understand the world, understand these mechanisms [Salmon]

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Salmon's interaction mechanisms needn't be regular, or involving any systems [Glennan on Salmon]

24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 6. Liberalism / g. Liberalism critique

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Liberals debate how conservative or radical to be, but don't question their basics [MacIntyre]

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / d. Causal necessity

2594	A true cause must involve a necessary connection between cause and effect [Malebranche]