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All the ideas for 'Action, Intention and Reason', 'Modes of Extension: comment on Fine' and 'On Sufficient Reason'

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5 ideas

2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 1. Laws of Thought

19404

Necessities rest on contradiction, and contingencies on sufficient reason [Leibniz]

18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 7. Abstracta by Equivalence

18883

Any equivalence relation among similar things allows the creation of an abstractum [Simons]

18884

Abstraction is usually seen as producing universals and numbers, but it can do more [Simons]

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

20064

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

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / c. Essence and laws

19403

Each of the infinite possible worlds has its own laws, and the individuals contain those laws [Leibniz]