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All the ideas for 'Scientific Explanation', 'Against Barbaric physics' and 'Letters to Edward Stillingfleet'

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4 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]

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

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Every individual thing which exists has an essence, which is its internal constitution [Locke]

11. Knowledge Aims / B. Certain Knowledge / 1. Certainty

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If it is knowledge, it is certain; if it isn't certain, it isn't knowledge [Locke]

27. Natural Reality / A. Classical Physics / 1. Mechanics / c. Forces

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Some people return to scholastic mysterious qualities, disguising them as 'forces' [Leibniz]