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All the ideas for 'The Actual and the Possible', 'An Essay on Free Will' and 'A Specimen of Discoveries'

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5 ideas

2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 4. Aims of Reason

5035	The two basics of reasoning are contradiction and sufficient reason [Leibniz]

10. Modality / C. Sources of Modality / 5. Modality from Actuality

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A state of affairs is only possible if there has been an actual substance to initiate it [Pruss]

16. Persons / F. Free Will / 7. Compatibilism

6981	Determinism clashes with free will, as the past determines action, and is beyond our control [Inwagen, by Jackson]

17. Mind and Body / A. Mind-Body Dualism / 5. Parallelism

5038	Assume that mind and body follow their own laws, but God has harmonised them [Leibniz]

29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 3. Problem of Evil / b. Human Evil

5037	God doesn't decide that Adam will sin, but that sinful Adam's existence is to be preferred [Leibniz]