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All the ideas for 'A World of Dispositions', 'Russell' and 'The Union of Body and Soul'

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6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 6. Logicism / a. Early logicism

6408	Russell needed three extra axioms to reduce maths to logic: infinity, choice and reducibility [Grayling]

8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 6. Dispositions / e. Dispositions as potential

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All structures are dispositional, objects are dispositions sets, and events manifest dispositions [Fetzer]

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 1. Structure of an Object

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All events and objects are dispositional, and hence all structural properties are dispositional [Fetzer]

12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 2. Self-Evidence

6414	Two propositions might seem self-evident, but contradict one another [Grayling]

26. Natural Theory / B. Natural Kinds / 2. Defining Kinds

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Kinds are arrangements of dispositions [Fetzer]

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

2594	A true cause must involve a necessary connection between cause and effect [Malebranche]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 3. Laws and Generalities

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Lawlike sentences are general attributions of disposition to all members of some class [Fetzer]