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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / a. Greek matter
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Matter is the limit of points and lines, and must always have quality and form [Aristotle]
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The primary matter is the substratum for the contraries like hot and cold [Aristotle]
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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / c. Ultimate substances
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There couldn't be just one element, which was both water and air at the same time [Aristotle]
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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / f. Ancient elements
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The Four Elements must change into one another, or else alteration is impossible [Aristotle]
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Fire is hot and dry; Air is hot and moist; Water is cold and moist; Earth is cold and dry [Aristotle]
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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / g. Atomism
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Bodies are endlessly divisible [Aristotle]
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Wood is potentially divided through and through, so what is there in the wood besides the division? [Aristotle]
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If a body is endlessly divided, is it reduced to nothing - then reassembled from nothing? [Aristotle]
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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 / 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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