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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Metaphysical Foundations of Natural Science' and 'Theological and other works'

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4 ideas

8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 1. Powers

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We get the idea of power by abstracting from ropes, magnets and electric shocks [Priestley]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / j. Explanations by reduction

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Science is the reduction of diverse forces and powers to a smaller number that explain them [Kant]

21. Aesthetics / C. Artistic Issues / 7. Art and Morality

468	Musical performance can reveal a range of virtues [Damon of Ath.]

27. Natural Reality / B. Modern Physics / 4. Standard Model / a. Concept of matter

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Attraction or repulsion are not imparted to matter, but actually constitute it [Priestley]