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All the ideas for 'Mind and Its Place in Nature', 'Tractatus de corpore Christi' and 'Quantification and Descriptions'

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5 ideas

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

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Why use more things when fewer will do? [William of Ockham]

2. Reason / D. Definition / 7. Contextual Definition

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Contextual definitions eliminate descriptions from contexts [Linsky,B]

5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 2. Descriptions / b. Definite descriptions

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Definite descriptions, unlike proper names, have a logical structure [Linsky,B]

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

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

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 7. Later Matter Theories / b. Corpuscles

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Every extended material substance is composed of parts distant from one another [William of Ockham]