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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Modes of Extension: comment on Fine' and 'What do powers do when they are not manifested?'

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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 2. Powers as Basic

17996

Powers are claimed to be basic because fundamental particles lack internal structure [Psillos]

18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 7. Abstracta by Equivalence

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Any equivalence relation among similar things allows the creation of an abstractum [Simons]

18884

Abstraction is usually seen as producing universals and numbers, but it can do more [Simons]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 5. Infinite in Nature

1748	Archelaus was the first person to say that the universe is boundless [Archelaus, by Diog. Laertius]

27. Natural Reality / G. Biology / 3. Evolution

5989	Archelaus said life began in a primeval slime [Archelaus, by Schofield]