Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'Aristotle and Descartes on Matter', 'Philosophy and Scientific Image of Man' and 'The Nature of Existence vol.1'

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4 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / c. Philosophy as generalisation

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Philosophy aims to understand how things (broadly understood) hang together (broadly understood) [Sellars]

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 2. Reduction

6550	Reduction requires that an object's properties consist of its constituents' properties and relations [Sellars]

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

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Substance has to exist, with no intrinsic qualities or relations [McTaggart]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / b. Prime matter

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Prime matter is nothing when it is at rest [Leibniz]