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All the ideas for 'Definitiones cogitationesque metaphysicae', 'The Philosophical Culture' and 'on Goodman's 'Ways of Worldmaking''

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4 ideas

1. Philosophy / G. Scientific Philosophy / 3. Scientism

1489	Modern philosophy tends to be a theory-constructing extension of science, but there is also problem-solving [Nagel]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 6. Physicalism

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Every worldly event, without exception, is a redistribution of microphysical states [Quine]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / d. Substance defined

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Substance is that which can act [Leibniz]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 3. Best Explanation / b. Ultimate explanation

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Nature can be fully explained by final causes alone, or by efficient causes alone [Leibniz]