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All the ideas for 'On Motion', 'Counting and the Natural Numbers' and 'Finkish dispositions'

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8 ideas

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 3. Nature of Numbers / d. Natural numbers

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The essence of natural numbers must reflect all the functions they perform [Sicha]

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 4. Using Numbers / c. Counting procedure

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To know how many, you need a numerical quantifier, as well as equinumerosity [Sicha]

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Counting puts an initial segment of a serial ordering 1-1 with some other entities [Sicha]

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 6. Categorical Properties

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The distinction between dispositional and 'categorical' properties leads to confusion [Lewis]

8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 3. Powers as Derived

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All dispositions must have causal bases [Lewis]

8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 6. Dispositions / c. Dispositions as conditional

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A 'finkish' disposition is real, but disappears when the stimulus occurs [Lewis]

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 9. Counterfactuals

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Backtracking counterfactuals go from supposed events to their required causal antecedents [Lewis]

27. Natural Reality / B. Modern Physics / 1. Relativity / a. Special relativity

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Motion is not absolute, but consists in relation [Leibniz]