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All the ideas for 'The Dappled World', 'Reply to First Objections' and 'Summa quaestionum super Sententias'

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7 ideas

8. Modes of Existence / A. Relations / 1. Nature of Relations

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Relations do not add anything to reality, though they are real aspects of the world [Olivi]

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 4. Quantity of an Object

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Quantity just adds union and location to the extension of parts [Olivi]

14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 1. Scientific Theory

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Theories can never represent accurately, because their components are abstract [Cartwright,N, by Portides]

15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 2. Unconscious Mind

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I can't be unaware of anything which is in me [Descartes]

23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 5. Existence-Essence

3635	Essence must be known before we discuss existence [Descartes]

27. Natural Reality / G. Biology / 5. Species

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Things are limited by the species to certain modes of being [Olivi]

28. God / B. Proving God / 3. Proofs of Evidence / a. Cosmological Proof

3634	We can't prove a first cause from our inability to grasp infinity [Descartes]