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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Structure and Ontology' and 'Counterfactual Dependence and Time's Arrow'

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4 ideas

18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 3. Abstracta by Ignoring

9626	A structure is an abstraction, focussing on relationships, and ignoring other features [Shapiro]

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 / 5. Direction of causation

8433	There are few traces of an event before it happens, but many afterwards [Lewis, by Horwich]

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

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