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Ideas for 'Thinking About Mathematics', 'The Conscious Mind' and 'Meditations'

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12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 4. A Priori as Necessities

2279	A triangle has a separate non-invented nature, shown by my ability to prove facts about it [Descartes]

12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 1. Perception

2397	'Perception' means either an action or a mental state [Chalmers]

12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 2. Qualities in Perception / c. Primary qualities

6490	For Descartes, objects have one primary quality, which is geometrical [Descartes, by Robinson,H]

12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 4. Sense Data / a. Sense-data theory

2422	The structure of the retina has already simplified the colour information which hits it [Chalmers]

12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 5. Interpretation

2295	Why does pain make us sad? [Descartes]

12. Knowledge Sources / C. Rationalism / 1. Rationalism

3627	Dogs can make the same judgements as us about variable things [Gassendi on Descartes]

2265	We perceive objects by intellect, not by senses or imagination [Descartes]

8725	Rationalism tries to apply mathematical methodology to all of knowledge [Shapiro]

2263	The wax is not perceived by the senses, but by the mind alone [Descartes]

2264	We don't 'see' men in heavy clothes, we judge them to be men [Descartes]