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All the ideas for 'Two Notions of Being: Entity and Essence', 'New Foundations for Mathematical Logic' and 'Letters to Johann Bernoulli'

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11 ideas

1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 3. Metaphysical Systems

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Metaphysics aims to identify categories of being, and show their interdependency [Lowe]

1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 6. Metaphysics as Conceptual

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Philosophy aims not at the 'analysis of concepts', but at understanding the essences of things [Lowe]

4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 4. Axioms for Sets / a. Axioms for sets

9879	NF has no models, but just blocks the comprehension axiom, to avoid contradictions [Quine, by Dummett]

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 6. Fundamentals / c. Monads

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A piece of flint contains something resembling perceptions and appetites [Leibniz]

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Entelechies are analogous to souls, as other minds are analogous to our own minds [Leibniz]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 3. Unity Problems / d. Coincident objects

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Holes, shadows and spots of light can coincide without being identical [Lowe]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 8. Essence as Explanatory

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All things must have an essence (a 'what it is'), or we would be unable to think about them [Lowe]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 14. Knowledge of Essences

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Knowing an essence is just knowing what the thing is, not knowing some further thing [Lowe]

9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 4. Type Identity

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Each thing has to be of a general kind, because it belongs to some category [Lowe]

10. Modality / D. Knowledge of Modality / 4. Conceivable as Possible / c. Possible but inconceivable

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What we cannot imagine may still exist [Leibniz]

22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / e. Death

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Death is just the contraction of an animal [Leibniz]