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All the ideas for 'On Sufficient Reason', 'Virtue Theory and Abortion' and 'On Simple Theories of a Complex World'

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5 ideas

2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 1. Laws of Thought

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Necessities rest on contradiction, and contingencies on sufficient reason [Leibniz]

14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 1. Scientific Theory

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It seems obvious to prefer the simpler of two theories, on grounds of beauty and convenience [Quine]

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There are four suspicious reasons why we prefer simpler theories [Quine]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 1. Virtue Theory / b. Basis of virtue

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Eudaimonia first; virtue is a trait which promotes it; right acts are what virtues produce [Hursthouse, by Zagzebski]

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

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Each of the infinite possible worlds has its own laws, and the individuals contain those laws [Leibniz]