Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'Idealism: a critical survey', 'De Mundo Praesenti' and 'The Structure of Science'

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5 ideas

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 2. Reduction
3425 Reduction has been defined as deriving one theory from another by logic and maths [Nagel,E, by Kim]
8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 4. Powers as Essence
12714 The substantial form is the principle of action or the primitive force of acting [Leibniz]
9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 1. Essences of Objects
12743 A true being must (unlike a chain) have united parts, with a substantial form as its subject [Leibniz]
13. Knowledge Criteria / B. Internal Justification / 5. Coherentism / b. Pro-coherentism
21513 We can no more expect a precise definition of coherence than we can of the moral ideal [Ewing]
13. Knowledge Criteria / B. Internal Justification / 5. Coherentism / c. Coherentism critique
21497 If undetailed, 'coherence' is just a vague words that covers all possible arguments [Ewing]