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'works', 'Counterfactual Dependence and Time's Arrow' and 'The Human Body is a sort of Machine'
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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 2. Natural Purpose / b. Limited purposes
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A machine is best defined by its final cause, which explains the roles of the parts [Leibniz]
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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 / 5. Direction of causation
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There are few traces of an event before it happens, but many afterwards [Lewis, by Horwich]
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