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All the ideas for 'Letter to the Editor about Bayle', 'Perceptual Content and Monadic Truth' and 'Against 'Ostrich Nominalism''

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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 3. Reality
8507 Some think of reality as made of things; I prefer facts or states of affairs [Armstrong]
8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 1. Universals
8506 Particulars and properties are distinguishable, but too close to speak of a relation [Armstrong]
8. Modes of Existence / E. Nominalism / 1. Nominalism / a. Nominalism
8505 Refusal to explain why different tokens are of the same type is to be an ostrich [Armstrong]
18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 9. Indexical Thought
18424 If two people can have phenomenally identical experiences, they can't involve the self [Brogaard]
26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / c. Essence and laws
11945 In addition to laws, God must also create appropriate natures for things [Leibniz]
27. Natural Reality / A. Classical Physics / 1. Mechanics / a. Explaining movement
19348 All that is real in motion is the force or power which produces change [Leibniz]