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All the ideas for 'Philosophical Essay on Probability', 'Philosophy of Natural Science' and 'Letter to Bramhall'

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5 ideas

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 2. Hylomorphism / a. Hylomorphism

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A chair is wood, and its shape is the form; it isn't 'compounded' of the matter and form [Hobbes]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 15. Against Essentialism

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Essence is just an artificial word from logic, giving a way of thinking about substances [Hobbes]

13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 7. Testimony

7458	The reliability of witnesses depends on whether they benefit from their observations [Laplace, by Hacking]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 1. Explanation / b. Aims of explanation

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Scientific explanation aims at a unifying account of underlying structures and processes [Hempel]

16. Persons / F. Free Will / 6. Determinism / a. Determinism

3441	If a supreme intellect knew all atoms and movements, it could know all of the past and the future [Laplace]