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All the ideas for 'Natural Science (lost)', 'De rebus naturalibus' and 'Explanatory Coherence'

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9 ideas

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 6. Criterion for Existence

527	Everything exists which anyone perceives [Metrodorus of Chios]

8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 3. Powers as Derived

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A power is not a cause, but an aptitude for a cause [Zabarella]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / c. Explanations by coherence

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1: Coherence is a symmetrical relation between two propositions [Thagard, by Smart]

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2: An explanation must wholly cohere internally, and with the new fact [Thagard, by Smart]

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3: If an analogous pair explain another analogous pair, then they all cohere [Thagard, by Smart]

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4: For coherence, observation reports have a degree of intrinsic acceptability [Thagard, by Smart]

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5: Contradictory propositions incohere [Thagard, by Smart]

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6: A proposition's acceptability depends on its coherence with a system [Thagard, by Smart]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / b. Prime matter

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Prime matter is exceptionally obscure [Zabarella]