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All the ideas for 'Necessary Existents', 'Precepts for Advancing Science and Arts' and 'Commentary on 'Posterior Analytics'

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13. Knowledge Criteria / D. Scepticism / 6. Scepticism Critique

19392

I don't recommend universal doubt; we constantly seek reasons for things which are indubitable [Leibniz]

18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 8. Abstractionism Critique

9073	Abstraction from an ambiguous concept like 'mole' will define them as the same [Barnes,J]

9074	Abstraction cannot produce the concept of a 'game', as there is no one common feature [Barnes,J]

9072	Defining concepts by abstractions will collect together far too many attributes from entities [Barnes,J]

19. Language / D. Propositions / 3. Concrete Propositions

19216

Propositions (such as 'that dog is barking') only exist if their items exist [Williamson]