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All the ideas for 'poems', 'Dispositional Essentialism Grounds Laws of Nature?' and 'The Development of Logic'

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4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 4. Axioms for Sets / f. Axiom of Infinity V

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The axiom of infinity is not a truth of logic, and its adoption is an abandonment of logicism [Kneale,W and M]

8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 6. Dispositions / c. Dispositions as conditional

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An 'antidote' allows a manifestation to begin, but then blocks it [Corry]

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A 'finkish' disposition is one that is lost immediately after the appropriate stimulus [Corry]

8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 6. Dispositions / d. Dispositions as occurrent

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If a disposition is never instantiated, it shouldn't be part of our theory of nature [Corry]

14. Science / A. Basis of Science / 3. Experiment

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Maybe an experiment unmasks an essential disposition, and reveals its regularities [Corry]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / j. Ethics by convention

6017	Nomos is king [Pindar]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 1. Laws of Nature

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Dispositional essentialism says fundamental laws of nature are strict, not ceteris paribus [Corry]