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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Popular Scientific Lectures' and 'On Body and Force, Against the Cartesians'

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8 ideas

1. Philosophy / G. Scientific Philosophy / 2. Positivism

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Laws of nature are just records of regularities and correlations, with concepts to make recording them easier [Mach, by Harré]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / h. Explanations by function

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To explain a house we must describe its use, as well as its parts [Leibniz]

15. Nature of Minds / C. Capacities of Minds / 10. Conatus/Striving

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Active force is not just potential for action, since it involves a real effort or striving [Leibniz]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / e. Character

541	Virtue comes more from habit than character [Critias]

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

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God's laws would be meaningless without internal powers for following them [Leibniz]

27. Natural Reality / A. Classical Physics / 1. Mechanics / c. Forces

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All qualities of bodies reduce to forces [Leibniz]

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Power is passive force, which is mass, and active force, which is entelechy or form [Leibniz]

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

542	Fear of the gods was invented to discourage secret sin [Critias]