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All the ideas for 'A Résumé of Metaphysics', 'Commentary on 'Posterior Analytics' and 'Reply to Sixth Objections'

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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 5. Supervenience / c. Significance of supervenience
3644 Two things being joined together doesn't prove they are the same [Descartes]
13. Knowledge Criteria / D. Scepticism / 3. Illusion Scepticism
3621 Only judgement decides which of our senses are reliable [Descartes]
18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 8. Abstractionism Critique
9074 Abstraction cannot produce the concept of a 'game', as there is no one common feature [Barnes,J]
9073 Abstraction from an ambiguous concept like 'mole' will define them as the same [Barnes,J]
9072 Defining concepts by abstractions will collect together far too many attributes from entities [Barnes,J]
22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 3. Pleasure / a. Nature of pleasure
5049 Intelligent pleasure is the perception of beauty, order and perfection [Leibniz]
28. God / A. Divine Nature / 3. Divine Perfections
5048 Perfection is simply quantity of reality [Leibniz]
28. God / A. Divine Nature / 6. Divine Morality / d. God decrees morality
3637 Ideas in God's mind only have value if he makes it so [Descartes]
29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 3. Problem of Evil / b. Human Evil
5050 Evil serves a greater good, and pain is necessary for higher pleasure [Leibniz]