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All the ideas for 'Precepts for Advancing Science and Arts', 'The History of Animals' and 'What is a Leading Principle?'

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11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 4. Belief / c. Aim of beliefs

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A 'belief' is a habit which determines how our imagination and actions proceed [Peirce]

13. Knowledge Criteria / D. Scepticism / 6. Scepticism Critique

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I don't recommend universal doubt; we constantly seek reasons for things which are indubitable [Leibniz]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / k. Explanations by essence

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Aristotelian explanation by essence may need to draw on knowledge of other essences [Aristotle, by Koslicki]

27. Natural Reality / G. Biology / 2. Life

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Plants have far less life than animals, but more life than other corporeal entities [Aristotle]

27. Natural Reality / G. Biology / 3. Evolution

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There is a gradual proceeding from the inanimate to animals, with no clear borderlines [Aristotle]