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All the ideas for 'The Doctrine of Necessity Examined', 'Letters to De Vries' and 'works'

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6 ideas

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 14. Knowledge of Essences

4869	Experience does not teach us any essences of things [Spinoza]

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 7. Chance

14804

Is chance just unknown laws? But the laws operate the same, whatever chance occurs [Peirce]

22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / e. Death

14805

Is there any such thing as death among the lower organisms? [Peirce]

24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 8. Socialism

23053

The great interest of the human race is cordial unity and unlimited mutual aid [Owen]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 4. Regularities / a. Regularity theory

14806

If the world is just mechanical, its whole specification has no more explanation than mere chance [Peirce]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 11. Against Laws of Nature

14803

The more precise the observations, the less reliable appear to be the laws of nature [Peirce]