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All the ideas for 'The Architecture of Theories', 'Nominalism' and 'Collins Dictionary of Philosophy'

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4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 3. Types of Set / c. Unit (Singleton) Sets

8956	What is a singleton set, if a set is meant to be a collection of objects? [Szabó]

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 7. Abstract/Concrete / a. Abstract/concrete

8953	Abstract entities don't depend on their concrete entities ...but maybe on the totality of concrete things [Szabó]

12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 4. Sense Data / b. Nature of sense-data

6457	Sensations are mental, but sense-data could be mind-independent [Vesey]

15. Nature of Minds / C. Capacities of Minds / 3. Abstraction by mind

8954	Geometrical circles cannot identify a circular paint patch, presumably because they lack something [Szabó]

17. Mind and Body / A. Mind-Body Dualism / 1. Dualism

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Physical and psychical laws of mind are either independent, or derived in one or other direction [Peirce]

18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 5. Abstracta by Negation

8955	Abstractions are imperceptible, non-causal, and non-spatiotemporal (the third explaining the others) [Szabó]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 1. Laws of Nature

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The world is full of variety, but laws seem to produce uniformity [Peirce]

27. Natural Reality / G. Biology / 3. Evolution

14801

Darwinian evolution is chance, with the destruction of bad results [Peirce]