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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'The Rationalists' and 'Ordinatio'

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6 ideas

8. Modes of Existence / E. Nominalism / 1. Nominalism / b. Nominalism about universals

9103	A universal is not a real feature of objects, but only a thought-object in the mind [William of Ockham]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / c. Types of substance

4304	Descartes says there are two substance, Spinoza one, and Leibniz infinitely many [Cottingham]

12. Knowledge Sources / C. Rationalism / 1. Rationalism

4303	The notion of substance lies at the heart of rationalist metaphysics [Cottingham]

13. Knowledge Criteria / D. Scepticism / 1. Scepticism

3061	Anaxarchus said that he was not even sure that he knew nothing [Anaxarchus, by Diog. Laertius]

18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 2. Abstracta by Selection

9104	A universal is the result of abstraction, which is only a kind of mental picturing [William of Ockham]

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / d. Causal necessity

4306	For rationalists, it is necessary that effects be deducible from their causes [Cottingham]