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All the ideas for '23: Book of Isaiah', 'Properties and Predicates' and 'The Birth of Tragedy'

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9 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 1. Philosophy

7848	Philosophy begins in the horror and absurdity of existence [Nietzsche, by Ansell Pearson]

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 2. Invocation to Philosophy

7493	Let us reason together, saith the Lord [Isaiah]

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 2. Need for Properties

8568	A property is merely a constituent of laws of nature; temperature is just part of thermodynamics [Mellor]

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 10. Properties as Predicates

8564	There is obviously a possible predicate for every property [Mellor]

8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 2. Need for Universals

8566	We need universals for causation and laws of nature; the latter give them their identity [Mellor]

8. Modes of Existence / E. Nominalism / 3. Predicate Nominalism

8565	If properties were just the meanings of predicates, they couldn't give predicates their meaning [Mellor]

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 8. Particular Causation / e. Probabilistic causation

8567	Singular causation requires causes to raise the physical probability of their effects [Mellor]

27. Natural Reality / E. Cosmology / 1. Cosmology

7608	The world is established, and cannot be moved [Isaiah]

28. God / A. Divine Nature / 1. God

7343	Beside me there is no God [Isaiah]