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All the ideas for 'Inverted Earth', 'The Rationalists' and 'The Quest for Certainty'

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5 ideas

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / c. Types of substance

4304	Descartes says there are two substance, Spinoza one, and Leibniz infinitely many [Cottingham]

11. Knowledge Aims / B. Certain Knowledge / 1. Certainty

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We want certainty in order achieve secure results for action [Dewey]

12. Knowledge Sources / C. Rationalism / 1. Rationalism

4303	The notion of substance lies at the heart of rationalist metaphysics [Cottingham]

15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 5. Qualia / b. Qualia and intentionality

6172	The Inverted Earth example shows that phenomenal properties are not representational [Block, by Rowlands]

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / d. Causal necessity

4306	For rationalists, it is necessary that effects be deducible from their causes [Cottingham]