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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'fragments/reports' and 'Metaphysical Foundations of Natural Science'

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3 ideas

10. Modality / A. Necessity / 8. Transcendental Necessity

490	Everything happens by reason and necessity [Leucippus]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / j. Explanations by reduction

15308

Science is the reduction of diverse forces and powers to a smaller number that explain them [Kant]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / c. Ultimate substances

1497	For Anaximenes nature is air, which takes different forms by rarefaction and condensation [Anaximenes, by Simplicius]