Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Popular Scientific Lectures' and 'Theological and other works'

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5 ideas

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

15873

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

8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 1. Powers

15312

We get the idea of power by abstracting from ropes, magnets and electric shocks [Priestley]

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

541	Virtue comes more from habit than character [Critias]

27. Natural Reality / B. Modern Physics / 4. Standard Model / a. Concept of matter

15311

Attraction or repulsion are not imparted to matter, but actually constitute it [Priestley]

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

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