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All the ideas for 'Leibniz: Guide for the Perplexed', 'First Things First' and 'Metaphysical Foundations of Natural Science'

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6 ideas

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / d. Substance defined

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Substance needs independence, unity, and stability (for individuation); also it is a subject, for predicates [Perkins]

13. Knowledge Criteria / B. Internal Justification / 3. Evidentialism / b. Evidentialism

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Evidentialism is not axiomatic; the evidence itself inclines us towards evidentialism [Conee]

13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 3. Reliabilism / b. Anti-reliabilism

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If pure guesses were reliable, reliabilists would have to endorse them [Conee]

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More than actual reliability is needed, since I may mistakenly doubt what is reliable [Conee]

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Reliabilism is poor on reflective judgements about hypothetical cases [Conee]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / j. Explanations by reduction

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Science is the reduction of diverse forces and powers to a smaller number that explain them [Kant]