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All the ideas for 'Tropes', 'Confessio naturae contra atheistas' and 'Letters to Antoine Arnauld'

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6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 4. Mathematical Empiricism / c. Against mathematical empiricism
It is possible that an omnipotent God might make one and two fail to equal three [Descartes]
8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 13. Tropes / a. Nature of tropes
A trope is a bit of a property or relation (not an exemplification or a quality) [Bacon,John]
Trope theory is ontologically parsimonious, with possibly only one-category [Bacon,John]
Individuals consist of 'compresent' tropes [Bacon,John]
9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / c. Individuation by location
A body is that which exists in space [Leibniz]
10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 2. Nature of Possible Worlds / a. Nature of possible worlds
Maybe possible worlds are just sets of possible tropes [Bacon,John]