Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'Leibniz', 'A Realist Theory of Science' and 'Of the Origin of Government'

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4 ideas

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 5. Essence as Kind

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Kind essences are the categorical bases of a thing's causal powers [Bhaskar, by Chakravartty]

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 1. Possibility

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Early modern possibility is what occurs sometime; for Leibniz, it is what is not contradictory [Arthur,R]

17. Mind and Body / A. Mind-Body Dualism / 4. Occasionalism

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Occasionalism contradicts the Eucharist, which needs genuine changes of substance [Arthur,R]

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

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The only purpose of government is to administer justice, which brings security [Hume]