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All the ideas for 'The Value of Science', 'Letters to Samuel Masson' and 'Letter to the Editor about Bayle'

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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 5. The Infinite / d. Actual infinite

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I don't admit infinite numbers, and consider infinitesimals to be useful fictions [Leibniz]

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

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In addition to laws, God must also create appropriate natures for things [Leibniz]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 11. Against Laws of Nature

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The aim of science is just to create a comprehensive, elegant language to describe brute facts [Poincaré, by Harré]

27. Natural Reality / A. Classical Physics / 1. Mechanics / a. Explaining movement

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All that is real in motion is the force or power which produces change [Leibniz]