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All the ideas for 'Metaphysical Foundations of Natural Science', 'Letters to Voetius' and 'Personal Identity'

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6 ideas

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / j. Explanations by reduction
15308 Science is the reduction of diverse forces and powers to a smaller number that explain them [Kant]
16. Persons / B. Nature of the Self / 5. Self as Associations
3539 Personal identity is just causally related mental states [Parfit, by Maslin]
16. Persons / D. Continuity of the Self / 2. Mental Continuity / b. Self as mental continuity
1393 One of my future selves will not necessarily be me [Parfit]
16. Persons / D. Continuity of the Self / 4. Split Consciousness
1392 If we split like amoeba, we would be two people, neither of them being us [Parfit]
16. Persons / D. Continuity of the Self / 5. Concerns of the Self
1391 Concern for our own lives isn't the source of belief in identity, it is the result of it [Parfit]
28. God / C. Attitudes to God / 5. Atheism
16712 Atheism is an atrocious and intolerable crime in any country [Descartes]