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All the ideas for 'Tractatus de corpore Christi', 'Scientific Explanation and the Causal Structure of the World' and 'Ontological Ground of Alethic Modality'

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2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 6. Ockham's Razor

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Why use more things when fewer will do? [William of Ockham]

10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 1. Possible Worlds / e. Against possible worlds

9220	Lewis must specify that all possibilities are in his worlds, making the whole thing circular [Shalkowski, by Sider]

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]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 7. Later Matter Theories / b. Corpuscles

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Every extended material substance is composed of parts distant from one another [William of Ockham]