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All the ideas for 'Introduction to 'Properties'', 'Two treatises' and 'Metaphysics as a Guide to Morals'

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7 ideas

2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 6. Ockham's Razor

4037	Ockham's Razor is the principle that we need reasons to believe in entities [Mellor/Oliver]

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 6. Categorical Properties

4027	Properties are respects in which particular objects may be alike or differ [Mellor/Oliver]

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 12. Denial of Properties

4029	Nominalists ask why we should postulate properties at all [Mellor/Oliver]

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 4. Quantity of an Object

16597

Quantity is the capacity to be divided [Digby]

15. Nature of Minds / C. Capacities of Minds / 6. Idealisation

22591

We know perfection when we see what is imperfect [Murdoch]

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

4039	Abstractions lack causes, effects and spatio-temporal locations [Mellor/Oliver]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 7. Later Matter Theories / b. Corpuscles

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Colours arise from the rarity, density and mixture of matter [Digby]