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All the ideas for 'Philosophical Essay on Probability', 'fragments/reports' and 'A World of Propensities'

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5 ideas

8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 7. Against Powers

11946

Propensities are part of a situation, not part of the objects [Popper]

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

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

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]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / e. Character

541	Virtue comes more from habit than character [Critias]

28. God / C. Attitudes to God / 5. Atheism

542	Fear of the gods was invented to discourage secret sin [Critias]