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All the ideas for 'A Combinatorial Theory of Possibility', 'On Body and Force, Against the Cartesians' and 'Artistic Value and Opportunistic Moralism'

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3. Truth / B. Truthmakers / 6. Making Negative Truths
15547 Negative existentials have 'totality facts' as truthmakers [Armstrong, by Lewis]
10. Modality / B. Possibility / 1. Possibility
15542 All possibilities are recombinations of properties in the actual world [Armstrong, by Lewis]
14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / h. Explanations by function
13195 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
13193 Active force is not just potential for action, since it involves a real effort or striving [Leibniz]
21. Aesthetics / C. Artistic Issues / 7. Art and Morality
22692 A work can be morally and artistically excellent, despite rejecting moral truth [John,E]
22693 The works we value most are in sympathy with our own moral views [John,E]
22694 We should understand what is morally important in a story, without having to endorse it [John,E]
22695 We value morality in art because that is what we care about - but it is a contingent fact [John,E]
26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 1. Laws of Nature
13194 God's laws would be meaningless without internal powers for following them [Leibniz]
27. Natural Reality / A. Classical Physics / 1. Mechanics / c. Forces
13196 All qualities of bodies reduce to forces [Leibniz]
13192 Power is passive force, which is mass, and active force, which is entelechy or form [Leibniz]