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All the ideas for 'Mind and Its Place in Nature', 'Philosophical Explanations' and 'Dialogue on human freedom and origin of evil'

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7 ideas

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 2. Geometry

13163

Circles must be bounded, so cannot be infinite [Leibniz]

11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 4. Belief / c. Aim of beliefs

3570	Maybe knowledge is belief which 'tracks' the truth [Nozick, by Williams,M]

12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 6. Inference in Perception

7628	Broad rejects the inferential component of the representative theory [Broad, by Maund]

13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 4. Tracking the Facts

2748	A true belief isn't knowledge if it would be believed even if false. It should 'track the truth' [Nozick, by Dancy,J]

16. Persons / F. Free Will / 6. Determinism / b. Fate

13162

Sloth's Syllogism: either it can't happen, or it is inevitable without my effort [Leibniz]

29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 3. Problem of Evil / a. Problem of Evil

19339

Evil is a negation of good, which arises from non-being [Leibniz]

13164

God only made sin possible because a much greater good can be derived from it [Leibniz]