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'Parmenides', 'Philosophical Letters from England' and 'Causality and Properties'
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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / d. The unlimited
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The unlimited has no shape and is endless [Plato]
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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / e. The One
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Some things do not partake of the One [Plato]
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The only movement possible for the One is in space or in alteration [Plato]
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Everything partakes of the One in some way [Plato]
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The One is timeless, has no being or identity, and cannot be known [Plato]
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 8. Particular Causation / b. Causal relata
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If causality is between events, there must be reference to the properties involved [Shoemaker]
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / b. Scientific necessity
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If causal laws describe causal potentialities, the same laws govern properties in all possible worlds [Shoemaker]
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If properties are causal, then causal necessity is a species of logical necessity [Shoemaker]
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If a world has different causal laws, it must have different properties [Shoemaker]
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / d. Knowing essences
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It looks as if the immutability of the powers of a property imply essentiality [Shoemaker]
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