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All the ideas for 'Philosophical Essay on Probability', 'The General Theory of Employment' and 'Entity and Identity'

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5 ideas

9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 2. Abstract Objects / b. Need for abstracta

16980

We need a logical use of 'object' as predicate-worthy, and an 'ontological' use [Strawson,P]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 3. Individual Essences

16979

It makes no sense to ask of some individual thing what it is that makes it that individual [Strawson,P]

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]

24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 6. Liberalism / b. Liberal individualism

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Laissez-faire individualism doesn't work, especially in troublesome times [Keynes]