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All the ideas for 'Locke on Essences and Kinds', 'Space, Knowledge and Power (interview)' and 'Letters to Remond de Montmort'

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1. Philosophy / C. History of Philosophy / 4. Later European Philosophy / c. Eighteenth century philosophy

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The big issue since the eighteenth century has been: what is Reason? Its effect, limits and dangers? [Foucault]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 13. Nominal Essence

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If kinds depend only on what can be observed, many underlying essences might produce the same kind [Eagle]

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Nominal essence are the observable properties of things [Eagle]

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Nominal essence mistakenly gives equal weight to all underlying properties that produce appearances [Eagle]

10. Modality / C. Sources of Modality / 2. Necessity as Primitive

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Some necessary truths are brute, and others derive from final causes [Leibniz]

15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 1. Consciousness / c. Parts of consciousness

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Our large perceptions and appetites are made up tiny unconscious fragments [Leibniz]

18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 3. Emotions / c. Role of emotions

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Passions reside in confused perceptions [Leibniz]

26. Natural Theory / B. Natural Kinds / 4. Source of Kinds

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Kinds are fixed by the essential properties of things - the properties that make it that kind of thing [Eagle]

28. God / A. Divine Nature / 2. Divine Nature

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God produces possibilities, and thus ideas [Leibniz]