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All the ideas for 'Isagoge ('Introduction')', 'works' and 'Seven Quodlibets'

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9 ideas

1. Philosophy / G. Scientific Philosophy / 1. Aims of Science

6782	Realism is the only philosophy of science that doesn't make the success of science a miracle [Putnam]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 4. Anti-realism

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Putnam says anti-realism is a bad explanation of accurate predictions [Putnam, by Okasha]

8. Modes of Existence / A. Relations / 1. Nature of Relations

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Relations are expressed either as absolute facts, or by a relational concept [William of Ockham]

8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 1. Universals

15034

Are genera and species real or conceptual? bodies or incorporeal? in sensibles or separate from them? [Porphyry]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / c. Types of substance

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Cut wood doesn't make a new substance, but seems to make separate subjects [William of Ockham]

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

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Hot water naturally cools down, which is due to the substantial form of the water [William of Ockham]

15. Nature of Minds / C. Capacities of Minds / 3. Abstraction by mind

9102	If an animal approached from a distance, we might abstract 'animal' from one instance [William of Ockham]

17. Mind and Body / D. Property Dualism / 6. Mysterianism

9114	There are no secure foundations to prove the separate existence of mind, in reason or experience [William of Ockham]

29. Religion / B. Monotheistic Religion / 4. Christianity / a. Christianity

9115	To love God means to love whatever God wills to be loved [William of Ockham]