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All the ideas for 'The Value of Science', 'Queries to the 'Opticks'' and 'Summa quaestionum super Sententias'

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8. Modes of Existence / A. Relations / 1. Nature of Relations

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Relations do not add anything to reality, though they are real aspects of the world [Olivi]

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 4. Quantity of an Object

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Quantity just adds union and location to the extension of parts [Olivi]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 1. Laws of Nature

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Principles of things are not hidden features of forms, but the laws by which they were formed [Newton]

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 / G. Biology / 5. Species

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Things are limited by the species to certain modes of being [Olivi]