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All the ideas for 'Letters to Edward Stillingfleet', 'Aristotle's Theory of Substance' and 'The Scientific Image'

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7 ideas

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 3. Types of Properties
12354 A 'categorial' property is had by virtue of being or having an item from a category [Wedin]
9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / d. Substance defined
12358 Substance is a principle and a kind of cause [Wedin]
9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 2. Hylomorphism / a. Hylomorphism
12346 Form explains why some matter is of a certain kind, and that is explanatory bedrock [Wedin]
9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 3. Individual Essences
15990 Every individual thing which exists has an essence, which is its internal constitution [Locke]
10. Modality / B. Possibility / 7. Chance
23900 Chance is compatible with necessity, and the two occur together [Weil]
11. Knowledge Aims / B. Certain Knowledge / 1. Certainty
15994 If it is knowledge, it is certain; if it isn't certain, it isn't knowledge [Locke]
21. Aesthetics / A. Aesthetic Experience / 4. Beauty
23899 The secret of art is that beauty is a just blend of unity and its opposite [Weil]