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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'The Problem of Counterfactual Conditionals' and 'The Search After Truth'

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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]

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 9. Counterfactuals

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Counterfactuals are true if logical or natural laws imply the consequence [Goodman, by McFetridge]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 5. Infinite in Nature

1748	Archelaus was the first person to say that the universe is boundless [Archelaus, by Diog. Laertius]

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]

27. Natural Reality / G. Biology / 3. Evolution

5989	Archelaus said life began in a primeval slime [Archelaus, by Schofield]