Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Archimedes, Mnesarchus and Scott Sturgeon

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6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 3. Axioms for Geometry

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Archimedes defined a straight line as the shortest distance between two points [Archimedes, by Leibniz]

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 6. Constitution of an Object

6019	If someone squashed a horse to make a dog, something new would now exist [Mnesarchus]

15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 1. Mind / e. Questions about mind

2534	Mindless bodies are zombies, bodiless minds are ghosts [Sturgeon]

2537	Types are properties, and tokens are events. Are they split between mental and physical, or not? [Sturgeon]

15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 5. Qualia / b. Qualia and intentionality

2532	Intentionality isn't reducible, because of its experiential aspect [Sturgeon]

17. Mind and Body / D. Property Dualism / 1. Reductionism critique

2533	Rule-following can't be reduced to the physical [Sturgeon]

17. Mind and Body / E. Mind as Physical / 5. Causal Argument

2535	The main argument for physicalism is its simple account of causation [Sturgeon]

18. Thought / C. Content / 10. Causal Semantics

2536	Do facts cause thoughts, or embody them, or what? [Sturgeon]