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All the ideas for 'Action, Intention and Reason', 'Letters to Bouvet' and 'Letter to Pythocles'

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5 ideas

14. Science / D. Explanation / 3. Best Explanation / c. Against best explanation

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We should accept as explanations all the plausible ways in which something could come about [Epicurus]

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

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Actions are not mere effects of reasons, but are under their control [Audi,R]

23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 1. Deontology

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We want good education and sociability, rather than lots of moral precepts [Leibniz]

27. Natural Reality / E. Cosmology / 1. Cosmology

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A cosmos is a collection of stars and an earth, with some sort of boundary, movement and shape [Epicurus]

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

1828	God does not intervene in heavenly movements, but is beyond all action and perfectly happy [Epicurus]