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All the ideas for 'Aristotle and Descartes on Matter', 'De Mundo Praesenti' and 'The Modularity of Mind'

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4 ideas

8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 4. Powers as Essence

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The substantial form is the principle of action or the primitive force of acting [Leibniz]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 1. Essences of Objects

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A true being must (unlike a chain) have united parts, with a substantial form as its subject [Leibniz]

18. Thought / B. Mechanics of Thought / 3. Modularity of Mind

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Mental modules are specialised, automatic, and isolated [Fodor, by Okasha]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / b. Prime matter

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Prime matter is nothing when it is at rest [Leibniz]