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All the ideas for 'Introduction to Philosophical Papers II', 'The Doctrine of Necessity Examined' and 'works'

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7 ideas

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 5. Supervenience / d. Humean supervenience
16210 Humean supervenience says the world is just a vast mosaic of qualities in space-time [Lewis]
10. Modality / B. Possibility / 7. Chance
14804 Is chance just unknown laws? But the laws operate the same, whatever chance occurs [Peirce]
22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / e. Death
14805 Is there any such thing as death among the lower organisms? [Peirce]
25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 2. Religion in Society
20723 Only when working people are poor do they remain obedient to God [Calvin, by Weber]
26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 4. Regularities / a. Regularity theory
14806 If the world is just mechanical, its whole specification has no more explanation than mere chance [Peirce]
26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 11. Against Laws of Nature
14803 The more precise the observations, the less reliable appear to be the laws of nature [Peirce]
9426 The world is just a vast mosaic of little matters of local particular fact [Lewis]