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All the ideas for 'External and Internal Relations', 'The Theory of Knowledge' and 'Preface to 'Principles of Philosophy''

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1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 4. Metaphysics as Science

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Metaphysics is the roots of the tree of science [Descartes]

2. Reason / F. Fallacies / 4. Circularity

3659	I know the truth that God exists and is the author of truth [Descartes]

5. Theory of Logic / E. Structures of Logic / 2. Logical Connectives / a. Logical connectives

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Logical constants seem to be entities in propositions, but are actually pure form [Russell]

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We use logical notions, so they must be objects - but I don't know what they really are [Russell]

5. Theory of Logic / I. Semantics of Logic / 3. Logical Truth

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Logical truths are known by their extreme generality [Russell]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 8. Facts / d. Negative facts

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There can't be a negative of a complex, which is negated by its non-existence [Potter on Russell]

8. Modes of Existence / A. Relations / 2. Internal Relations

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A relation is internal if two things possessing the relation could not fail to be related [Moore,GE, by Heil]

11. Knowledge Aims / B. Certain Knowledge / 1. Certainty

3657	Understanding, not the senses, gives certainty [Descartes]

28. God / C. Attitudes to God / 5. Atheism

3660	Atheism arises from empiricism, because God is intangible [Descartes]