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All the ideas for 'Philosophical Explanations', 'Letters to Lelong' and 'Metaphysical conseqs of principle of reason'

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5 ideas

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

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

11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 4. Belief / c. Aim of beliefs

3570	Maybe knowledge is belief which 'tracks' the truth [Nozick, by Williams,M]

13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 4. Tracking the Facts

2748	A true belief isn't knowledge if it would be believed even if false. It should 'track the truth' [Nozick, by Dancy,J]

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

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

27. Natural Reality / A. Classical Physics / 1. Mechanics / c. Forces

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Force in substance makes state follow state, and ensures the very existence of substance [Leibniz]