Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Critias, Einstein,A/Infeld,L and Matthew Cobb

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15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 8. Brain

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The brain is not passive, and merely processing inputs; it is active, and intervenes in the world [Cobb]

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There is a single mouse neuron which has 862 inputs and 626 outputs [Cobb]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / e. Character

541	Virtue comes more from habit than character [Critias]

27. Natural Reality / B. Modern Physics / 2. Electrodynamics / b. Fields

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The concept of a field gradually replaced the substances in explaining relations between charges [Einstein/Infeld]

28. God / C. Attitudes to God / 5. Atheism

542	Fear of the gods was invented to discourage secret sin [Critias]