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All the ideas for 'New System and Explanation of New System', 'Reply to Second Objections' and 'The Logical Form of Action Sentences'

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7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 4. Events / a. Nature of events
7771 We need 'events' to explain adverbs, which are adjectival predicates of events [Davidson, by Lycan]
8860 Language-learning is not good enough evidence for the existence of events [Yablo on Davidson]
7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 6. Fundamentals / c. Monads
5044 Reality must be made of basic unities, which will be animated, substantial points [Leibniz]
7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 11. Ontological Commitment / d. Commitment of theories
15002 If the best theory of adverbs refers to events, then our ontology should include events [Davidson, by Sider]
11. Knowledge Aims / B. Certain Knowledge / 4. The Cogito
3622 The Cogito is not a syllogism but a self-evident intuition [Descartes]
15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 5. Unity of Mind
5045 No machine or mere organised matter could have a unified self [Leibniz]
17. Mind and Body / A. Mind-Body Dualism / 5. Parallelism
5046 The soul does know bodies, although they do not influence one another [Leibniz]
27. Natural Reality / G. Biology / 2. Life
5043 To regard animals as mere machines may be possible, but seems improbable [Leibniz]