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All the ideas for 'The Scientific Revolution 1500-1800', 'Letters to Thomasius' and 'Realism and Anti-Realism'

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4 ideas

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 2. Realism

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Metaphysical realists are committed to all unambiguous statements being true or not true [Dummett]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 1. Essences of Objects

13432

The essence of a circle is the equality of its radii [Leibniz]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 11. Against Laws of Nature

5470	The idea of laws of nature arose in the Middle Ages [Hall,AR, by Ellis]

27. Natural Reality / A. Classical Physics / 1. Mechanics / a. Explaining movement

12696

Bodies are recreated in motion, and don't exist in intervening instants [Leibniz]