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All the ideas for 'Precis of 'Limits of Abstraction'', 'Letters to Blijenburgh' and 'New system of communication of substances'

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2. Reason / D. Definition / 2. Aims of Definition
10528 Definitions concern how we should speak, not how things are [Fine,K]
6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 5. Definitions of Number / d. Hume's Principle
10529 If Hume's Principle can define numbers, we needn't worry about its truth [Fine,K]
10530 Hume's Principle is either adequate for number but fails to define properly, or vice versa [Fine,K]
8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 4. Powers as Essence
13168 My formal unifying atoms are substantial forms, which are forces like appetites [Leibniz]
13169 I call Aristotle's entelechies 'primitive forces', which originate activity [Leibniz]
9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Simples
13170 The analysis of things leads to atoms of substance, which found both composition and action [Leibniz]
9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / c. Types of substance
13171 Substance must necessarily involve progress and change [Leibniz]
18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 7. Abstracta by Equivalence
10527 An abstraction principle should not 'inflate', producing more abstractions than objects [Fine,K]
27. Natural Reality / A. Classical Physics / 1. Mechanics / c. Forces
13167 We need the metaphysical notion of force to explain mechanics, and not just extended mass [Leibniz]
28. God / A. Divine Nature / 3. Divine Perfections
7829 God no more has human perfections than we have animal perfections [Spinoza]
28. God / C. Attitudes to God / 4. God Reflects Humanity
7830 A talking triangle would say God is triangular [Spinoza]