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Ideas for 'Unconscious Cerebral Initiative', 'The Essence of Reference' and 'Letters to Samuel Clarke'

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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 3. Natural Function
Things are thought to have a function, even when they can't perform them [Sainsbury]
26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / g. Atomism
Atomism is irrational because it suggests that two atoms can be indistinguishable [Leibniz]
Things are infinitely subdivisible and contain new worlds, which atoms would make impossible [Leibniz]
The only simple things are monads, with no parts or extension [Leibniz]