Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Donald Davidson, Beth Lord and John Wycliff

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15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 1. Mind / a. Mind

3960	There are no such things as minds, but people have mental properties [Davidson]

15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 4. Other Minds / b. Scepticism of other minds

8866	If we know other minds through behaviour, but not our own, we should assume they aren't like me [Davidson]

15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 4. Other Minds / c. Knowing other minds

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Knowing other minds rests on knowing both one's own mind and the external world [Davidson, by Dummett]

15. Nature of Minds / C. Capacities of Minds / 5. Generalisation by mind

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Predicates are a source of generality in sentences [Davidson]

15. Nature of Minds / C. Capacities of Minds / 10. Conatus/Striving

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Hobbes and Spinoza use 'conatus' to denote all endeavour for advantage in nature [Lord]