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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Belief Truth and Knowledge' and 'New system of communication of substances'

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8 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 3. Philosophy Defined

23367

Even pointing a finger should only be done for a reason [Epictetus]

8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 4. Powers as Essence

13168

My formal unifying atoms are substantial forms, which are forces like appetites [Leibniz]

13169

I call Aristotle's entelechies 'primitive forces', which originate activity [Leibniz]

9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Simples

13170

The analysis of things leads to atoms of substance, which found both composition and action [Leibniz]

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

13171

Substance must necessarily involve progress and change [Leibniz]

12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 7. Causal Perception

3900	Maybe experience is not essential to perception, but only to the causing of beliefs [Armstrong, by Scruton]

13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 1. External Justification

4253	Externalism says knowledge involves a natural relation between the belief state and what makes it true [Armstrong]

27. Natural Reality / A. Classical Physics / 1. Mechanics / c. Forces

13167

We need the metaphysical notion of force to explain mechanics, and not just extended mass [Leibniz]