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All the ideas for 'Letters to Edward Stillingfleet', 'De Cive' and 'The Problem of Counterfactual Conditionals'

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4 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]

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 9. Counterfactuals

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Counterfactuals are true if logical or natural laws imply the consequence [Goodman, by McFetridge]

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]

25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 1. War / c. Combatants

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I act justly if I follow my Prince in an apparently unjust war, and refusing to fight would be injustice [Hobbes]