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All the ideas for 'Heidegger: an introduction', '24: Book of Jeremiah' and 'Locke on Essences and Kinds'

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9 ideas

1. Philosophy / H. Continental Philosophy / 3. Hermeneutics

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Knowledge is not a static set of correct propositions, but a continuing search for better interpretations [Polt]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 13. Nominal Essence

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If kinds depend only on what can be observed, many underlying essences might produce the same kind [Eagle]

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Nominal essence are the observable properties of things [Eagle]

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Nominal essence mistakenly gives equal weight to all underlying properties that produce appearances [Eagle]

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 1. Possibility

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When we consider possibilities, there must be something we are considering [Polt]

24. Political Theory / B. Nature of a State / 1. Purpose of a State

7346	Jeremiah implied a link between weakness and goodness, and the evil of the state [Jeremiah, by Johnson,P]

26. Natural Theory / B. Natural Kinds / 4. Source of Kinds

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Kinds are fixed by the essential properties of things - the properties that make it that kind of thing [Eagle]

28. God / A. Divine Nature / 3. Divine Perfections

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Do I not fill heaven and earth? saith the Lord [Jeremiah]

28. God / C. Attitudes to God / 3. Deism

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Am I a God afar off, and not a God close at hand? [Jeremiah]