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All the ideas for 'Reply to Foucher', 'Defining 'Intrinsic' (with Rae Langton)' and 'Experimental Researches in Electricity'

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6 ideas

2. Reason / D. Definition / 1. Definitions

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Interdefinition is useless by itself, but if we grasp one separately, we have them both [Lewis]

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 5. The Infinite / d. Actual infinite

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I strongly believe in the actual infinite, which indicates the perfections of its author [Leibniz]

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 4. Intrinsic Properties

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We must avoid circularity between what is intrinsic and what is natural [Lewis, by Cameron]

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A property is 'intrinsic' iff it can never differ between duplicates [Lewis]

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Ellipsoidal stars seem to have an intrinsic property which depends on other objects [Lewis]

27. Natural Reality / B. Modern Physics / 2. Electrodynamics / b. Fields

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Faraday's single field of variable forces introduces a criterion of Unity into what is ultimate [Faraday, by Harré/Madden]