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All the ideas for 'Letters to Thomas Burnett', '72: Against Stoics on common Conceptions' and 'Introduction to 'Properties''

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7 ideas

2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 6. Ockham's Razor

4037	Ockham's Razor is the principle that we need reasons to believe in entities [Mellor/Oliver]

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

4027	Properties are respects in which particular objects may be alike or differ [Mellor/Oliver]

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 12. Denial of Properties

4029	Nominalists ask why we should postulate properties at all [Mellor/Oliver]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / a. Substance

13197

The notion of substance is one of the keys to true philosophy [Leibniz]

18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 5. Abstracta by Negation

4039	Abstractions lack causes, effects and spatio-temporal locations [Mellor/Oliver]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / c. Essence and laws

13198

Gravity is within matter because of its structure, and it can be explained. [Leibniz]

28. God / B. Proving God / 3. Proofs of Evidence / e. Miracles

5974	People report seeing through rocks, or over the horizon, or impossibly small works [Plutarch]