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All the ideas for 'The Varieties of Necessity', 'Definitiones cogitationesque metaphysicae' and 'Fragments on My Philosophical Development'

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6 ideas

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / d. Substance defined
12712 Substance is that which can act [Leibniz]
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]
14. Science / D. Explanation / 3. Best Explanation / b. Ultimate explanation
12737 Nature can be fully explained by final causes alone, or by efficient causes alone [Leibniz]
23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / i. Absolute virtues
19458 Egoism is the only evil, love the only good; genuine love produces all the other virtues [Feuerbach]
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]