Combining Philosophers

Ideas for H.Putnam/P.Oppenheim, Thomas Hobbes and Nicolas Malebranche

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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 1. Causation

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Acting on a body is either creating or destroying a property in it [Hobbes]

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 8. Particular Causation / c. Conditions of causation

17254

An effect needs a sufficient and necessary cause [Hobbes]

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / a. Constant conjunction

2364	Causation is only observation of similar events following each other, with nothing visible in between [Hobbes]

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

17235

A cause is the complete sum of the features which necessitate the effect [Hobbes]

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In a true cause we see a necessary connection [Malebranche]

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