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All the ideas for 'The Character of Physical Law', 'Metaphysical conseqs of principle of reason' and 'Frege on Extensions from Concepts'

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7 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 7. Despair over Philosophy

15970

People generalise because it is easier to understand, and that is mistaken for deep philosophy [Feynman]

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 6. Fundamentals / c. Monads

5060	All substances analyse down to simple substances, which are souls, or 'monads' [Leibniz]

18. Thought / C. Content / 1. Content

3115	Are meaning and expressed concept the same thing? [Burge, by Segal]

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 3. Final causes

5059	Power rules in efficient causes, but wisdom rules in connecting them to final causes [Leibniz]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 4. Regularities / a. Regularity theory

9410	Physical Laws are rhythms and patterns in nature, revealed by analysis [Feynman]

27. Natural Reality / B. Modern Physics / 2. Electrodynamics / d. Quantum mechanics

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Nobody understands quantum mechanics [Feynman]

27. Natural Reality / C. Space / 3. Points in Space

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We should regard space as made up of many tiny pieces [Feynman, by Mares]