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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 4. Naturalised causation

8416	Reductionists can't explain accidents, uninstantiated laws, probabilities, or the existence of any laws [Tooley]

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

8418	Quantum physics suggests that the basic laws of nature are probabilistic [Tooley]

27. Natural Reality / A. Classical Physics / 2. Thermodynamics / b. Heat

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Joule showed that energy converts to heat, and heat to energy [Joule, by Papineau]

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Heat is a state of vibration, not a substance [Joule]

28. God / C. Attitudes to God / 3. Deism

1558	Clearly the gods ignore human affairs, or they would have given us justice [Thrasymachus]