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All the ideas for 'Intro to 'Philosophical Essays'', 'A General Principle to Explain Laws of Nature' and 'Preface to 'Principles of Philosophy''

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8 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 1. Philosophy

9786	Philosophers working like teams of scientists is absurd, yet isolation is hard [Cartwright,R]

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 2. Invocation to Philosophy

19395

Philosophy is sanctified, because it flows from God [Leibniz]

1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 4. Metaphysics as Science

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Metaphysics is the roots of the tree of science [Descartes]

2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 6. Coherence

9784	A false proposition isn't truer because it is part of a coherent system [Cartwright,R]

2. Reason / F. Fallacies / 4. Circularity

3659	I know the truth that God exists and is the author of truth [Descartes]

9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 1. Concept of Identity

19394

Inequality can be brought infinitely close to equality [Leibniz]

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

3657	Understanding, not the senses, gives certainty [Descartes]

28. God / C. Attitudes to God / 5. Atheism

3660	Atheism arises from empiricism, because God is intangible [Descartes]