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All the ideas for 'Introduction to 'Properties'', 'Certain Physical Essays' and 'What do powers do when they are not manifested?'

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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]

8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 2. Powers as Basic

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Powers are claimed to be basic because fundamental particles lack internal structure [Psillos]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 1. Explanation / b. Aims of explanation

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Explanation is generally to deduce it from something better known, which comes in degrees [Boyle]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 3. Best Explanation / b. Ultimate explanation

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The best explanations get down to primary basics, but others go less deep [Boyle]

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

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