Combining Philosophers

Ideas for H.Putnam/P.Oppenheim, Lucretius and Willard Quine

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15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 1. Mind / d. Location of mind

5718	The mind is in the middle of the breast, because there we experience fear and joy [Lucretius]

5717	The mind is a part of a man, just like a hand or an eye [Lucretius]

15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 5. Unity of Mind

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The separate elements and capacities of a mind cannot be distinguished [Lucretius]

15. Nature of Minds / C. Capacities of Minds / 7. Seeing Resemblance

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General terms depend on similarities among things [Quine]

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To learn yellow by observation, must we be told to look at the colour? [Quine]

8486	Standards of similarity are innate, and the spacing of qualities such as colours can be mapped [Quine]

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Similarity is just interchangeability in the cosmic machine [Quine]