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All the ideas for 'Philosophical Theology', 'Law and Causality' and 'On Note L to Bayle's 'Rorarius''

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9 ideas

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 8. Conditionals / d. Non-truthfunction conditionals
10993 Ramsey's Test: believe the consequent if you believe the antecedent [Ramsey, by Read]
10. Modality / B. Possibility / 8. Conditionals / e. Supposition conditionals
14279 Asking 'If p, will q?' when p is uncertain, then first add p hypothetically to your knowledge [Ramsey]
14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 8. Ramsey Sentences
6894 Mental terms can be replaced in a sentence by a variable and an existential quantifier [Ramsey]
15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 2. Unconscious Mind
19355 The soul doesn't understand many of its own actions, if perceptions are confused and desires buried [Leibniz]
17. Mind and Body / A. Mind-Body Dualism / 5. Parallelism
19350 We should say that body is mechanism and soul is immaterial, asserting their independence [Leibniz]
26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 4. Mathematical Nature
19356 Minds unconsciously count vibration beats in music, and enjoy it when they coincide [Leibniz]
26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 4. Regularities / b. Best system theory
9420 Causal laws result from the simplest axioms of a complete deductive system [Ramsey]
9418 All knowledge needs systematizing, and the axioms would be the laws of nature [Ramsey]
28. God / B. Proving God / 3. Proofs of Evidence / b. Teleological Proof
1451 Design is seen in the way ideas match the world, in the mechanisms of evolution, and in values [Tennant,FR, by PG]