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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Summa' and 'Scientific Explanation and the Causal Structure of the World'

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6 ideas

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / c. Types of substance

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Substances 'substand' (beneath accidents), or 'subsist' (independently) [Eustachius]

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 2. Hylomorphism / a. Hylomorphism

16585

Prime matter is free of all forms, but has the potential for all forms [Eustachius]

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

17093

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]

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]

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

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