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Ideas for 'Constitutional Code I', 'Principles of Nature and Grace based on Reason' and 'The Powers Metaphysics'

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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 5. Reason for Existence
5062 First: there must be reasons; Second: why anything at all?; Third: why this? [Leibniz]
7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 1. Nature of Change
23783 Change exists, it is causal, and it needs an explanation [Williams,NE]
7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 2. Processes
23784 Processes don't begin or end; they just change direction unexpectedly [Williams,NE]
23790 Processes are either strings of short unchanging states, or continuous and unreducible events [Williams,NE]
7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 6. Fundamentals / c. Monads
19377 A monad and its body are living, so life is everywhere, and comes in infinite degrees [Leibniz]
7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 1. Ontologies
23786 The status quo is part of what exists, and so needs metaphysical explanation [Williams,NE]
23768 A metaphysic is a set of wider explanations derived from a basic ontology [Williams,NE]
23773 Humeans say properties are passive, possibility is vast, laws are descriptions, causation is weak [Williams,NE]
23779 We shouldn't posit the existence of anything we have a word for [Williams,NE]