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All the ideas for 'Scientific Realism', 'Calculus Ratiocinator' and 'Letters to Thomasius'

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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 5. Natural Properties

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Scientific properties are defined by the laws that embody them [Psillos, by Ladyman/Ross]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 1. Essences of Objects

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The essence of a circle is the equality of its radii [Leibniz]

11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 3. Idealism / a. Idealism

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A whole is just its parts, but there are no smallest parts, so only minds and perceptions exist [Leibniz]

27. Natural Reality / A. Classical Physics / 1. Mechanics / a. Explaining movement

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Bodies are recreated in motion, and don't exist in intervening instants [Leibniz]