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All the ideas for 'Letters to Edward Stillingfleet', 'On Truth and Lies in a Nonmoral Sense' and 'Scientific Realism'

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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 5. Natural Properties

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Scientific properties are defined by the laws that embody them [Psillos, by Ladyman/Ross]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 3. Individual Essences

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Every individual thing which exists has an essence, which is its internal constitution [Locke]

11. Knowledge Aims / B. Certain Knowledge / 1. Certainty

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If it is knowledge, it is certain; if it isn't certain, it isn't knowledge [Locke]

15. Nature of Minds / C. Capacities of Minds / 3. Abstraction by mind

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Leaves are unequal, but we form the concept 'leaf' by discarding their individual differences [Nietzsche]