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All the ideas for 'works', 'Homeostasis, Species and Higher Taxa' and 'Events and Reification'

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6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 3. Axioms for Geometry

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Archimedes defined a straight line as the shortest distance between two points [Archimedes, by Leibniz]

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

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The properties of an electron can't be explained just as 'clustering' [Chakravartty on Boyd]

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Properties cluster together, either because of intrinsic relations, or because of an underlying process [Boyd, by Chakravartty]

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 8. Particular Causation / b. Causal relata

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Causal relata are individuated by coarse spacetime regions [Quine, by Schaffer,J]