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All the ideas for 'Scientific Explanation and the Causal Structure of the World', 'Two Chief World Systems' and 'Grundrisse'

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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 / B. Nature of a State / 2. State Legitimacy / d. General will

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The real will of the cooperative will replace the 'will of the people' [Marx]

27. Natural Reality / A. Classical Physics / 1. Mechanics / b. Laws of motion

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Galileo mathematised movement, and revealed its invariable component - acceleration [Galileo, by Meillassoux]