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All the ideas for 'The Varieties of Necessity', 'Philosophy of Mind (Encylopedia III)' and 'Letters to Antoine Arnauld'

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6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 4. Mathematical Empiricism / c. Against mathematical empiricism

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It is possible that an omnipotent God might make one and two fail to equal three [Descartes]

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]

16. Persons / F. Free Will / 2. Sources of Free Will

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Freedom is produced by the activity of the mind, and is not intrinsically given [Hegel]

17. Mind and Body / A. Mind-Body Dualism / 1. Dualism

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Geist is distinct from nature, not as a substance, but because of its normativity [Hegel, by Pinkard]

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]