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Ideas for 'Confessions of a Philosopher', 'New system of communication of substances' and 'Carnap and Logical Truth'

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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 4. Powers as Essence

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My formal unifying atoms are substantial forms, which are forces like appetites [Leibniz]

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I call Aristotle's entelechies 'primitive forces', which originate activity [Leibniz]

8. Modes of Existence / E. Nominalism / 1. Nominalism / b. Nominalism about universals

9006	Commitment to universals is as arbitrary or pragmatic as the adoption of a new system of bookkeeping [Quine]