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Ideas for 'Writing the Book of the World', 'Nietzsche, Genealogy, History' and 'Essay Conc Human Understanding (2nd Ed)'

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1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 1. Nature of Metaphysics

9438	Maybe analysis seeks the 'nominal essence', and metaphysics seeks the 'real essence' [Locke, by Mumford]

1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 2. Possibility of Metaphysics

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Your metaphysics is 'cheating' if your ontology won't support the beliefs you accept [Sider]

1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 4. Metaphysics as Science

7653	I am just an under-labourer, clearing the ground in preparation for knowledge [Locke]

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Metaphysics is not about what exists or is true or essential; it is about the structure of reality [Sider]

14994

Extreme doubts about metaphysics also threaten to undermine the science of unobservables [Sider]

1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 6. Metaphysics as Conceptual

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It seems unlikely that the way we speak will give insights into the universe [Sider]