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All the ideas for 'Two Problems of Epistemology', 'The Human Animal' and 'Principles of Nature and Grace based on Reason'

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8 ideas

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 5. Reason for Existence

5062	First: there must be reasons; Second: why anything at all?; Third: why this? [Leibniz]

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 6. Fundamentals / c. Monads

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A monad and its body are living, so life is everywhere, and comes in infinite degrees [Leibniz]

12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 1. Perception

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'Perception' is basic internal representation, and 'apperception' is reflective knowledge of perception [Leibniz]

14. Science / A. Basis of Science / 6. Falsification

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Particulars can be verified or falsified, but general statements can only be falsified (conclusively) [Popper]

15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 7. Animal Minds

5061	Animals are semi-rational because they connect facts, but they don't see causes [Leibniz]

16. Persons / B. Nature of the Self / 7. Self and Body / a. Self needs body

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Maybe our persistence conditions concern bodies, rather than persons [Olson, by Hawley]

6669	For 'animalism', I exist before I became a person, and can continue after it, so I am not a person [Olson, by Lowe]

21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 8. The Arts / a. Music

5063	Music charms, although its beauty is the harmony of numbers [Leibniz]