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All the ideas for 'works', 'Platonistic Theories of Universals' and 'Reflections on Knowledge, Truth and Ideas'

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9 ideas

2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 6. Ockham's Razor

8964	Entities can be multiplied either by excessive categories, or excessive entities within a category [Hoffman/Rosenkrantz]

2. Reason / D. Definition / 1. Definitions

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'Nominal' definitions just list distinguishing characteristics [Leibniz]

5. Theory of Logic / G. Quantification / 2. Domain of Quantification

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De Morgan introduced a 'universe of discourse', to replace Boole's universe of 'all things' [De Morgan, by Walicki]

8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 4. Uninstantiated Universals

8962	'There are shapes which are never exemplified' is the toughest example for nominalists [Hoffman/Rosenkrantz]

8. Modes of Existence / E. Nominalism / 1. Nominalism / a. Nominalism

8961	Nominalists are motivated by Ockham's Razor and a distrust of unobservables [Hoffman/Rosenkrantz]

10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 2. Nature of Possible Worlds / a. Nature of possible worlds

8963	Four theories of possible worlds: conceptualist, combinatorial, abstract, or concrete [Hoffman/Rosenkrantz]

11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 1. Knowledge

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Knowledge needs clarity, distinctness, and adequacy, and it should be intuitive [Leibniz]

18. Thought / C. Content / 2. Ideas

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True ideas represent what is possible; false ideas represent contradictions [Leibniz]

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 2. Types of cause

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In the schools the Four Causes are just lumped together in a very obscure way [Leibniz]