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All the ideas for 'Katzav on limitations of dispositions', 'Speeches in Elberfeld' and 'Frege on Knowing the Third Realm'

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5. Theory of Logic / A. Overview of Logic / 3. Value of Logic
13479 Given that thinking aims at truth, logic gives universal rules for how to do it [Burge]
24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 11. Capitalism
20525 Free markets lead to boom and bust, pointless middlemen, and alienated workers [Engels]
26. Natural Theory / B. Natural Kinds / 1. Natural Kinds
6613 The natural kinds are objects, processes and properties/relations [Ellis]
26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 2. Types of Laws
6616 Least action is not a causal law, but a 'global law', describing a global essence [Ellis]
26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / a. Scientific essentialism
6615 A species requires a genus, and its essence includes the essence of the genus [Ellis]
26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / c. Essence and laws
6614 A hierarchy of natural kinds is elaborate ontology, but needed to explain natural laws [Ellis]
26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / d. Knowing essences
6612 Without general principles, we couldn't predict the behaviour of dispositional properties [Ellis]