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All the ideas for 'A Puzzle Concerning Matter and Form', 'Paper of December 1676' and 'Letters to Thomasius'

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4 ideas

8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 4. Powers as Essence

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The possible Aristotelian view that forms are real and active principles is clearly wrong [Fine,K, by Pasnau]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 1. Essences of Objects

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The essence of a circle is the equality of its radii [Leibniz]

17. Mind and Body / A. Mind-Body Dualism / 7. Zombies

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It's impossible, but imagine a body carrying on normally, but with no mind [Leibniz]

27. Natural Reality / A. Classical Physics / 1. Mechanics / a. Explaining movement

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Bodies are recreated in motion, and don't exist in intervening instants [Leibniz]