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All the ideas for 'Mahaprajnaparamitashastra', 'Metaphysical Foundations of Mathematics' and 'Scientific Explanation and the Causal Structure of the World'

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4 ideas

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / i. Explanations by mechanism

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Causation produces productive mechanisms; to understand the world, understand these mechanisms [Salmon]

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Salmon's interaction mechanisms needn't be regular, or involving any systems [Glennan on Salmon]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / a. Virtues

7903	The six perfections are giving, morality, patience, vigour, meditation, and wisdom [Nagarjuna]

27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 2. Passage of Time / g. Time's arrow

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When one element contains the grounds of the other, the first one is prior in time [Leibniz]