Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'The Philosophical Culture', 'De Natura Corporis' and 'Rules for the Direction of the Mind'

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3 ideas

1. Philosophy / G. Scientific Philosophy / 3. Scientism

1489	Modern philosophy tends to be a theory-constructing extension of science, but there is also problem-solving [Nagel]

8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 2. Powers as Basic

12710

As well as extension, bodies contain powers [Leibniz]

11. Knowledge Aims / B. Certain Knowledge / 1. Certainty

9807	In pursuing truth, anything less certain than mathematics is a waste of time [Descartes]