Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'reports', 'Reply to Second Objections' and 'Metaphysics: a very short introduction'

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6 ideas

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / a. Substance
Substances, unlike aggregates, can survive a change of parts [Mumford]
10. Modality / A. Necessity / 8. Transcendental Necessity
Even the gods cannot strive against necessity [Pittacus, by Diog. Laertius]
10. Modality / B. Possibility / 3. Combinatorial possibility
Maybe possibilities are recombinations of the existing elements of reality [Mumford]
Combinatorial possibility has to allow all elements to be combinable, which seems unlikely [Mumford]
Combinatorial possibility relies on what actually exists (even over time), but there could be more [Mumford]
11. Knowledge Aims / B. Certain Knowledge / 4. The Cogito
The Cogito is not a syllogism but a self-evident intuition [Descartes]