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All the ideas for 'Letters to Edward Stillingfleet', 'Essay on a Problem in the Doctrine of Chances' and 'Intentionality and the Physical: reply to Mumford'

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5 ideas

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]

14. Science / C. Induction / 6. Bayes's Theorem

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The probability of two events is the first probability times the second probability assuming the first [Bayes]

15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 4. Intentionality / b. Intentionality theories

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Intentionality is the mark of dispositions, not of the mental [Place]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / c. Essence and laws

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Dispositions are not general laws, but laws of the natures of individual entities [Place]