Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'reports', 'Ethics without Principles' and 'The Facts of Causation'

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5 ideas

3. Truth / B. Truthmakers / 5. What Makes Truths / a. What makes truths

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We might use 'facta' to refer to the truth-makers for facts [Mellor, by Schaffer,J]

10. Modality / A. Necessity / 8. Transcendental Necessity

3016	Even the gods cannot strive against necessity [Pittacus, by Diog. Laertius]

22. Metaethics / B. Value / 1. Nature of Value / a. Nature of value

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The base for values has grounds, catalysts and intensifiers [Dancy,J, by Orsi]

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 8. Particular Causation / b. Causal relata

4785	Causal statements relate facts (which are whatever true propositions express) [Mellor, by Psillos]

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 8. Particular Causation / e. Probabilistic causation

8408	Probabilistic causation says C is a cause of E if it increases the chances of E occurring [Mellor, by Tooley]