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All the ideas for 'Bayesianism', 'Summa quaestionum super Sententias' and 'Scattered Objects'

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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 / B. Unity of Objects / 3. Unity Problems / a. Scattered objects

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Clearly a pipe can survive being taken apart [Cartwright,R]

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Bodies don't becomes scattered by losing small or minor parts [Cartwright,R]

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 / C. Induction / 6. Bayes's Theorem

2799	Bayes' theorem explains why very surprising predictions have a higher value as evidence [Horwich]

2798	Probability of H, given evidence E, is prob(H) x prob(E given H) / prob(E) [Horwich]

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

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