Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Rescher,N/Oppenheim,P, Nicolas Malebranche and Jennifer Hornsby

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5 ideas

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 8. Properties as Modes

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Everything that exists is either a being, or some mode of a being [Malebranche]

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 8. Parts of Objects / c. Wholes from parts

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A whole must have one characteristic, an internal relation, and a structure [Rescher/Oppenheim]

20. Action / A. Definition of Action / 5. Action as Trying

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Bodily movements are not actions, which are really the tryings within bodily movement [Hornsby, by Stout,R]

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

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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]