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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Dispositional Essentialism and the Laws of Nature' and 'Scientific Realism'

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5 ideas

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / d. Non-being

18933

Not-Being obviously doesn't exist, and the five modes of Being are all impossible [Gorgias, by Diog. Laertius]

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 5. Natural Properties

14933

Scientific properties are defined by the laws that embody them [Psillos, by Ladyman/Ross]

19. Language / F. Communication / 1. Rhetoric

5864	Destroy seriousness with laughter, and laughter with seriousness [Gorgias]

9866	Gorgias says rhetoric is the best of arts, because it enslaves without using force [Gorgias, by Plato]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / c. Essence and laws

17993

Laws are relations of kinds, quantities and qualities, supervening on the essences of a domain [Vetter]