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All the ideas for 'Chomsky on himself', 'Letters to Coste' and 'Leibniz'

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5 ideas

2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 9. Limits of Reason

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The universe is infinitely varied, so the Buridan's Ass dilemma could never happen [Leibniz]

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 1. Possibility

19378

Early modern possibility is what occurs sometime; for Leibniz, it is what is not contradictory [Arthur,R]

10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 1. Possible Worlds / a. Possible worlds

19434

There may be a world where dogs smell their game at a thousand leagues [Leibniz]

17. Mind and Body / A. Mind-Body Dualism / 4. Occasionalism

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Occasionalism contradicts the Eucharist, which needs genuine changes of substance [Arthur,R]

18. Thought / D. Concepts / 2. Origin of Concepts / c. Nativist concepts

6649	Chomsky now says concepts are basically innate, as well as syntax [Chomsky, by Lowe]