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All the ideas for 'Events and Their Names', 'A Short History of German Philosophy' and 'The Varieties of Necessity'

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7 ideas

1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 3. Metaphysical Systems

22820

Early Romantics sought a plurality of systems, in a quest for freedom [Hösle]

7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 4. Events / c. Reduction of events

8978	Events are made of other things, and are not fundamental to ontology [Bennett]

10. Modality / C. Sources of Modality / 1. Sources of Necessity

9216	Each area of enquiry, and its source, has its own distinctive type of necessity [Fine,K]

13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 7. Testimony

9214	Unsupported testimony may still be believable [Fine,K]

25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 5. Education / d. Study of history

22819

In the 18th century history came to be seen as progressive, rather than cyclical [Hösle]

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 8. Particular Causation / b. Causal relata

10364

Facts are about the world, not in it, so they can't cause anything [Bennett]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / a. Scientific essentialism

9215	Causation is easier to disrupt than logic, so metaphysics is part of nature, not vice versa [Fine,K]