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All the ideas for 'Concerning the Author', 'Summa' and 'Letters to Voetius'

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8 ideas

1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 7. Against Metaphysics

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The demonstrations of the metaphysicians are all moonshine [Peirce]

1. Philosophy / G. Scientific Philosophy / 3. Scientism

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I am saturated with the spirit of physical science [Peirce]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / c. Types of substance

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Substances 'substand' (beneath accidents), or 'subsist' (independently) [Eustachius]

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 2. Hylomorphism / a. Hylomorphism

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Prime matter is free of all forms, but has the potential for all forms [Eustachius]

11. Knowledge Aims / B. Certain Knowledge / 3. Fallibilism

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Infallibility in science is just a joke [Peirce]

12. Knowledge Sources / D. Empiricism / 2. Associationism

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Association of ideas is the best philosophical idea of the prescientific age [Peirce]

14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 1. Scientific Theory

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Duns Scotus offers perhaps the best logic and metaphysics for modern physical science [Peirce]

28. God / C. Attitudes to God / 5. Atheism

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Atheism is an atrocious and intolerable crime in any country [Descartes]