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All the ideas for 'Essays on Intellectual Powers: Conception', 'Letters to William Molyneux' and 'Panpsychism'

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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 7. Emergent Properties
3291 Emergent properties appear at high levels of complexity, but aren't explainable by the lower levels [Nagel]
9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 4. Essence as Definition
23647 Objects have an essential constitution, producing its qualities, which we are too ignorant to define [Reid]
9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 13. Nominal Essence
12812 Things have real essences, but we categorise them according to the ideas we receive [Locke]
10. Modality / D. Knowledge of Modality / 4. Conceivable as Possible / b. Conceivable but impossible
11958 Impossibilites are easily conceived in mathematics and geometry [Reid, by Molnar]
19. Language / B. Reference / 1. Reference theories
23646 Reference is by name, or a term-plus-circumstance, or ostensively, or by description [Reid]
19. Language / B. Reference / 3. Direct Reference / c. Social reference
23645 A word's meaning is the thing conceived, as fixed by linguistic experts [Reid]
26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / d. Causal necessity
3290 Given the nature of heat and of water, it is literally impossible for water not to boil at the right heat [Nagel]