Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'Scientific Explanation', 'Summa quaestionum super Sententias' and 'Concerning the Trinity'

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5 ideas

2. Reason / F. Fallacies / 4. Circularity
One sort of circularity presupposes a premise, the other presupposes a rule being used [Braithwaite, by Devitt]
7. Existence / E. Categories / 1. Categories
There are two sorts of category - referring to things, and to circumstances of things [Boethius]
8. Modes of Existence / A. Relations / 1. Nature of Relations
Relations do not add anything to reality, though they are real aspects of the world [Olivi]
9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 4. Quantity of an Object
Quantity just adds union and location to the extension of parts [Olivi]
27. Natural Reality / G. Biology / 5. Species
Things are limited by the species to certain modes of being [Olivi]