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'works', 'Commentary on Sentences' and 'Essays on Active Powers 1: Active power'
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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 5. Infinite in Nature
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There are potential infinities (never running out), but actual infinity is incoherent [Aristotle, by Friend]
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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / a. Greek matter
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Aristotle's matter can become any other kind of matter [Aristotle, by Wiggins]
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / a. Constant conjunction
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Day and night are constantly conjoined, but they don't cause one another [Reid, by Crane]
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / d. Causal necessity
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Regular events don't imply a cause, without an innate conviction of universal causation [Reid]
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 1. Laws of Nature
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Scientists don't know the cause of magnetism, and only discover its regulations [Reid]
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Laws are rules for effects, but these need a cause; rules of navigation don't navigate [Reid]
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