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All the ideas for 'works', 'Philosophical Letters' and 'Theory of Knowledge (2nd edn)'

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8 ideas

1. Philosophy / C. History of Philosophy / 4. Later European Philosophy / b. Seventeenth century philosophy

2945	Most philosophers start with reality and then examine knowledge; Descartes put the study of knowledge first [Lehrer]

1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 4. Conceptual Analysis

2946	You cannot demand an analysis of a concept without knowing the purpose of the analysis [Lehrer]

2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 6. Ockham's Razor

6806	Do not multiply entities beyond necessity [William of Ockham]

8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 5. Universals as Concepts

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Species and genera are individual concepts which naturally signify many individuals [William of Ockham]

17. Mind and Body / E. Mind as Physical / 1. Physical Mind

23221

The brain, and all the mental events within it, consists entirely of sensitive and rational matter [Cavendish]

27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 1. Nature of Time / i. Denying time

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The past has ceased to exist, and the future does not yet exist, so time does not exist [William of Ockham]

28. God / A. Divine Nature / 6. Divine Morality / d. God decrees morality

8010	William of Ockham is the main spokesman for God's commands being the source of morality [William of Ockham]

29. Religion / B. Monotheistic Religion / 4. Christianity / c. Angels

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Even an angel must have some location [William of Ockham, by Pasnau]