Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'Rules for the Direction of the Mind', 'The History of Animals' and 'Notes on Logic'

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5 ideas

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 8. Facts / d. Negative facts

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Facts can be both positive and negative [Wittgenstein, by Potter]

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

9807	In pursuing truth, anything less certain than mathematics is a waste of time [Descartes]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / k. Explanations by essence

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Aristotelian explanation by essence may need to draw on knowledge of other essences [Aristotle, by Koslicki]

27. Natural Reality / G. Biology / 2. Life

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Plants have far less life than animals, but more life than other corporeal entities [Aristotle]

27. Natural Reality / G. Biology / 3. Evolution

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There is a gradual proceeding from the inanimate to animals, with no clear borderlines [Aristotle]