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All the ideas for 'Leibniz: Guide for the Perplexed', 'Human Flourishing, Ethics and Liberty' and 'Form, Matter and Substance'

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7 ideas

1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 1. Nature of Metaphysics
24069 Much metaphysical debate concerns what is fundamental, rather than what exists [Koslicki]
9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 1. Unifying an Object / a. Intrinsic unification
24065 Structured wholes are united by the teamwork needed for their capacities [Koslicki]
9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / d. Substance defined
19347 Substance needs independence, unity, and stability (for individuation); also it is a subject, for predicates [Perkins]
9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 2. Hylomorphism / a. Hylomorphism
24066 The form explains kind, structure, unity and activity [Koslicki]
9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 3. Individual Essences
24067 Hylomorphic compounds need an individual form for transworld identity [Koslicki]
22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / d. Good as virtue
5121 Basing ethics on flourishing makes it consequentialist, as actions are judged by contributing to it [Harman]
22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 2. Happiness / b. Eudaimonia
5120 What counts as 'flourishing' must be relative to various sets of values [Harman]