Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Rescher,N/Oppenheim,P, Zeno (Elea) and Jonathan Bennett
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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 1. Nature
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If there are many things they must have a finite number, but there must be endless things between them [Zeno of Elea]
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 1. Causation
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Delaying a fire doesn't cause it, but hastening it might [Bennett]
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Either cause and effect are subsumed under a conditional because of properties, or it is counterfactual [Bennett]
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 2. Types of cause
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Causes are between events ('the explosion') or between facts/states of affairs ('a bomb dropped') [Bennett]
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 8. Particular Causation / b. Causal relata
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Facts are about the world, not in it, so they can't cause anything [Bennett]
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / c. Counterfactual causation
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The full counterfactual story asserts a series of events, because counterfactuals are not transitive [Bennett]
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A counterfactual about an event implies something about the event's essence [Bennett]
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