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All the ideas for 'Classical Cosmology (frags)', 'On the Frame of Reference' and 'The History of Animals'

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5. Theory of Logic / G. Quantification / 4. Substitutional Quantification

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Substitutional quantification is just a variant of Tarski's account [Wallace, by Baldwin]

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]

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]