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All the ideas for 'In Praed.', 'A New Kind of Science' and 'Queries to the 'Opticks''

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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 4. Using Numbers / g. Applying mathematics

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At one level maths and nature are very similar, suggesting some deeper origin [Wolfram]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / a. Substance

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Substance is an intrinsic thing, so parts of substances can't also be intrinsic things [Duns Scotus]

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]

27. Natural Reality / C. Space / 4. Substantival Space

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Space and its contents seem to be one stuff - so space is the only existing thing [Wolfram]