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Ideas for 'Parmenides', 'Against 'Ostrich Nominalism'' and 'The Metaphysics within Physics'

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2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 1. On Reason

224	When questions are doubtful we should concentrate not on objects but on ideas of the intellect [Plato]

2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 5. Opposites

232	Opposites are as unlike as possible [Plato]

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

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If the universe is profligate, the Razor leads us astray [Maudlin]

16255

The Razor rightly prefers one cause of multiple events to coincidences of causes [Maudlin]

2. Reason / C. Styles of Reason / 1. Dialectic

8937	Plato's 'Parmenides' is the greatest artistic achievement of the ancient dialectic [Hegel on Plato]