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All the ideas for 'Letters to Remond de Montmort', 'Consciousness, Philosophy and Mathematics' and 'Statistical Explanation'

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6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 10. Constructivism / b. Intuitionism

8728	Intuitionist mathematics deduces by introspective construction, and rejects unknown truths [Brouwer]

10. Modality / C. Sources of Modality / 2. Necessity as Primitive

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Some necessary truths are brute, and others derive from final causes [Leibniz]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / a. Types of explanation

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An explanation is a table of statistical information [Salmon, by Strevens]

15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 1. Consciousness / c. Parts of consciousness

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Our large perceptions and appetites are made up tiny unconscious fragments [Leibniz]

18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 3. Emotions / c. Role of emotions

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Passions reside in confused perceptions [Leibniz]

28. God / A. Divine Nature / 2. Divine Nature

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God produces possibilities, and thus ideas [Leibniz]