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'The Fixation of Belief', 'Vagueness: a global approach' and 'Monadology'
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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 6. Fundamentals / c. Monads
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The monad idea incomprehensibly spiritualises matter, instead of materialising soul [La Mettrie on Leibniz]
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He replaced Aristotelian continuants with monads [Leibniz, by Wiggins]
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Is a drop of urine really an infinity of thinking monads? [Voltaire on Leibniz]
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It is unclear in 'Monadology' how extended bodies relate to mind-like monads. [Garber on Leibniz]
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Changes in a monad come from an internal principle, and the diversity within its substance [Leibniz]
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A 'monad' has basic perception and appetite; a 'soul' has distinct perception and memory [Leibniz]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 2. Realism
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Realism is basic to the scientific method [Peirce]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 4. Anti-realism
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If someone doubted reality, they would not actually feel dissatisfaction [Peirce]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 10. Vagueness / a. Problem of vagueness
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Conjoining two indefinites by related sentences seems to produce a contradiction [Fine,K]
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Standardly vagueness involves borderline cases, and a higher standpoint from which they can be seen [Fine,K]
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Local indeterminacy concerns a single object, and global indeterminacy covers a range [Fine,K]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 10. Vagueness / c. Vagueness as ignorance
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Identifying vagueness with ignorance is the common mistake of confusing symptoms with cause [Fine,K]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 10. Vagueness / f. Supervaluation for vagueness
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Supervaluation can give no answer to 'who is the last bald man' [Fine,K]
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