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All the ideas for 'The Problem of Empty Names', 'Letters to the Lord Marquis of Newcastle' and 'The Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences'

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4 ideas

5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / e. Empty names

18946

Unreflectively, we all assume there are nonexistents, and we can refer to them [Reimer]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / d. Consilience

20643

Consilience is a common groundwork of explanation [Whewell]

16. Persons / F. Free Will / 5. Against Free Will

2384	Those actions that follow immediately the last appetite are voluntary [Hobbes]

2385	If a man suddenly develops an intention of doing something, the cause is out of his control, not in his will [Hobbes]