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11 ideas

2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 2. Sufficient Reason

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Sufficient Reason can't be proved, because all proof presupposes it [Schopenhauer, by Lewis,PB]

7. Existence / E. Categories / 1. Categories

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No need for a priori categories, since sufficient reason shows the interrelations [Schopenhauer, by Lewis,PB]

10. Modality / A. Necessity / 3. Types of Necessity

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Necessity is physical, logical, mathematical or moral [Schopenhauer, by Janaway]

11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 3. Idealism / a. Idealism

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For Schopenhauer, material things would not exist without the mind [Schopenhauer, by Janaway]

11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 3. Idealism / b. Transcendental idealism

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Object for a subject and representation are the same thing [Schopenhauer]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / a. Types of explanation

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The four explanations: objects by causes, concepts by ground, maths by spacetime, ethics by motive [Schopenhauer, by Lewis,PB]

17. Mind and Body / E. Mind as Physical / 6. Conceptual Dualism

3643	The concept of mind excludes body, and vice versa [Descartes]

18. Thought / D. Concepts / 2. Origin of Concepts / b. Empirical concepts

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Concepts are abstracted from perceptions [Schopenhauer, by Lewis,PB]

20. Action / C. Motives for Action / 3. Acting on Reason / c. Reasons as causes

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Motivation is causality seen from within [Schopenhauer]

27. Natural Reality / A. Classical Physics / 2. Thermodynamics / b. Heat

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Heat is a state of vibration, not a substance [Joule]

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Joule showed that energy converts to heat, and heat to energy [Joule, by Papineau]