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All the ideas for 'Scientific Explanation', 'Letters to Remond de Montmort' and 'New System and Explanation of New System'

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9 ideas

2. Reason / F. Fallacies / 4. Circularity
9355 One sort of circularity presupposes a premise, the other presupposes a rule being used [Braithwaite, by Devitt]
7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 6. Fundamentals / c. Monads
5044 Reality must be made of basic unities, which will be animated, substantial points [Leibniz]
10. Modality / C. Sources of Modality / 2. Necessity as Primitive
12732 Some necessary truths are brute, and others derive from final causes [Leibniz]
15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 5. Unity of Mind
5045 No machine or mere organised matter could have a unified self [Leibniz]
15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 1. Consciousness / c. Parts of consciousness
19438 Our large perceptions and appetites are made up tiny unconscious fragments [Leibniz]
17. Mind and Body / A. Mind-Body Dualism / 5. Parallelism
5046 The soul does know bodies, although they do not influence one another [Leibniz]
18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 3. Emotions / c. Role of emotions
19415 Passions reside in confused perceptions [Leibniz]
27. Natural Reality / G. Biology / 2. Life
5043 To regard animals as mere machines may be possible, but seems improbable [Leibniz]
28. God / A. Divine Nature / 2. Divine Nature
19439 God produces possibilities, and thus ideas [Leibniz]