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All the ideas for 'Letters to Paul Pellison-Fontinier', 'Spinoza's Ethics' and 'The Logical Form of Action Sentences'

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7 ideas

1. Philosophy / B. History of Ideas / 5. Later European Thought

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Only in the 1780s did it become acceptable to read Spinoza [Lord]

7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 4. Events / a. Nature of events

7771	We need 'events' to explain adverbs, which are adjectival predicates of events [Davidson, by Lycan]

8860	Language-learning is not good enough evidence for the existence of events [Yablo on Davidson]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 11. Ontological Commitment / d. Commitment of theories

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If the best theory of adverbs refers to events, then our ontology should include events [Davidson, by Sider]

15. Nature of Minds / C. Capacities of Minds / 10. Conatus/Striving

21866

Hobbes and Spinoza use 'conatus' to denote all endeavour for advantage in nature [Lord]

27. Natural Reality / A. Classical Physics / 1. Mechanics / c. Forces

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Clearly, force is that from which action follows, when unimpeded [Leibniz]

27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 1. Nature of Time / i. Denying time

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Time doesn't exist, since its parts don't coexist [Leibniz]