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All the ideas for 'The Nature of Things', 'Reductive Theories of Modality' and 'Psychophysical and theoretical identifications'

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10 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 3. Philosophy Defined
9218 Maybe what distinguishes philosophy from science is its pursuit of necessary truths [Sider]
4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 7. Natural Sets
9406 A class is natural when everybody can spot further members of it [Quinton]
7. Existence / E. Categories / 5. Category Anti-Realism
15730 Extreme nominalists say all classification is arbitrary convention [Quinton]
8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 5. Natural Properties
15728 The naturalness of a class depends as much on the observers as on the objects [Quinton]
9407 Properties imply natural classes which can be picked out by everybody [Quinton]
8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 4. Uninstantiated Universals
15729 Uninstantiated properties must be defined using the instantiated ones [Quinton]
9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / b. Individuation by properties
8520 An individual is a union of a group of qualities and a position [Quinton, by Campbell,K]
26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 4. Regularities / b. Best system theory
9409 Laws are the best axiomatization of the total history of world events or facts [Lewis, by Mumford]
9423 If simplicity and strength are criteria for laws of nature, that introduces a subjective element [Mumford on Lewis]
9424 A number of systematizations might tie as the best and most coherent system [Mumford on Lewis]