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Ideas for 'Science and Method', 'The Common-Sense View of Reality' and 'The Ethics'

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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 2. Types of Existence
17174 Outside the mind, there are just things and their properties [Spinoza]
17176 The more reality a thing has, the more attributes it has [Spinoza]
7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 5. Reason for Existence
17179 There must always be a reason or cause why some triangle does or does not exist [Spinoza]
7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 1. Grounding / a. Nature of grounding
17186 Men say they prefer order, not realising that we imagine the order [Spinoza]
7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 2. Realism
20726 We can only distinguish self from non-self if there is an inflexible external reality [Colvin]
20727 Common-sense realism rests on our interests and practical life [Colvin]
7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 4. Anti-realism
20729 Arguments that objects are unknowable or non-existent assume the knower's existence [Colvin]
20730 If objects are doubted because their appearances change, that presupposes one object [Colvin]
20731 The idea that everything is relations is contradictory; relations are part of the concept of things [Colvin]
7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 5. Naturalism
20127 Laws of nature are universal, so everything must be understood through those laws [Spinoza]