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All the ideas for 'Notes on John Wilkins', 'Articulating Reasons: Intro to Inferentialism' and 'The World'

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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 14. Knowledge of Essences

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Essence is the distinct thinkability of anything [Leibniz]

12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 2. Qualities in Perception / d. Secondary qualities

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Our sensation of light may not be the same as what produces the sensation [Descartes]

19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 6. Meaning as Use

7765	The use of a sentence is its commitments and entitlements [Brandom, by Lycan]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / f. Ancient elements

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The Hot, Cold, Wet and Dry of the philosophers need themselves to be explained [Descartes]

27. Natural Reality / A. Classical Physics / 1. Mechanics / b. Laws of motion

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Descartes said there was conservation of 'quantity of motion' [Descartes, by Papineau]