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All the ideas for 'Classical Cosmology (frags)', 'What is an Idea?' and 'The History of Animals'

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14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / k. Explanations by essence

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Aristotelian explanation by essence may need to draw on knowledge of other essences [Aristotle, by Koslicki]

18. Thought / C. Content / 2. Ideas

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By an 'idea' I mean not an actual thought, but the resources we can draw on to think [Leibniz]

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

5994	Is the cosmos open or closed, mechanical or teleological, alive or inanimate, and created or eternal? [Robinson,TM, by PG]

27. Natural Reality / G. Biology / 2. Life

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Plants have far less life than animals, but more life than other corporeal entities [Aristotle]

27. Natural Reality / G. Biology / 3. Evolution

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There is a gradual proceeding from the inanimate to animals, with no clear borderlines [Aristotle]