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All the ideas for 'Meditatio de principio individui', 'Tractatus de corpore Christi' and 'Free Will as Involving Determinism'

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2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 6. Ockham's Razor

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Why use more things when fewer will do? [William of Ockham]

16. Persons / F. Free Will / 6. Determinism / a. Determinism

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Determinism threatens free will if actions can be causally traced to external factors [Foot]

20. Action / C. Motives for Action / 3. Acting on Reason / b. Intellectualism

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Not all actions need motives, but it is irrational to perform troublesome actions with no motive [Foot]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / e. Character

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People can act out of vanity without being vain, or even vain about this kind of thing [Foot]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 7. Later Matter Theories / b. Corpuscles

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Every extended material substance is composed of parts distant from one another [William of Ockham]

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / d. Causal necessity

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Causes can be inferred from perfect knowledge of their effects [Leibniz]