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All the ideas for 'Epistemology', 'Two letters on mind' and 'Exigency to Exist in Essences'

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11 ideas

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 5. Reason for Existence

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Possibles demand existence, so as many of them as possible must actually exist [Leibniz]

19401

God's sufficient reason for choosing reality is in the fitness or perfection of possibilities [Leibniz]

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

16635

Incorporeal substances are powers or forces [Descartes, by Pasnau]

10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 1. Possible Worlds / a. Possible worlds

19402

The actual universe is the richest composite of what is possible [Leibniz]

11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 2. Phenomenalism

7301	The phenomenalist says that to be is to be perceivable [Cardinal/Hayward/Jones]

7302	Linguistic phenomenalism says we can eliminate talk of physical objects [Cardinal/Hayward/Jones]

7303	If we lack enough sense-data, are we to say that parts of reality are 'indeterminate'? [Cardinal/Hayward/Jones]

12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 2. Qualities in Perception / c. Primary qualities

7299	Primary qualities can be described mathematically, unlike secondary qualities [Cardinal/Hayward/Jones]

7300	An object cannot remain an object without its primary qualities [Cardinal/Hayward/Jones]

13. Knowledge Criteria / B. Internal Justification / 5. Coherentism / c. Coherentism critique

7297	My justifications might be very coherent, but totally unconnected to the world [Cardinal/Hayward/Jones]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 7. Later Matter Theories / c. Matter as extension

16684

Impenetrability only belongs to the essence of extension [Descartes]