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All the ideas for 'Paradoxes: Form and Predication', 'works' and 'The Sense of Reality'

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9 ideas

1. Philosophy / B. History of Ideas / 1. History of Ideas

7460	The great moments are the death of Aristotle, Machiavelli, and Romanticism [Berlin, by Watson]

5. Theory of Logic / G. Quantification / 6. Plural Quantification

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Saying 'they can become a set' is a tautology, because reference to 'they' implies a collection [Cargile]

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 3. Nature of Numbers / g. Real numbers

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Descartes showed a one-one order-preserving match between points on a line and the real numbers [Descartes, by Hart,WD]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / e. Substance critique

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Descartes thinks distinguishing substances from aggregates is pointless [Descartes, by Pasnau]

12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 3. Representation

7400	Descartes said images can refer to objects without resembling them (as words do) [Descartes, by Tuck]

16. Persons / F. Free Will / 4. For Free Will

4310	We have inner awareness of our freedom [Descartes]

17. Mind and Body / A. Mind-Body Dualism / 2. Interactionism

6553	Descartes discussed the interaction problem, and compared it with gravity [Descartes, by Lycan]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 1. Nature

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Nature is devoid of thought [Descartes, by Meillassoux]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 7. Later Matter Theories / c. Matter as extension

6518	Matter can't just be Descartes's geometry, because a filler of the spaces is needed [Robinson,H on Descartes]