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Ideas for 'Locke on Human Understanding', 'Jerry A. Fodor on himself' and 'Logic (Port-Royal Art of Thinking)'

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15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 4. Intentionality / b. Intentionality theories

3976	Intentional science needs objects with semantic and causal properties, and which obey laws [Fodor]

3980	Intentional states and processes may be causal relations among mental symbols [Fodor]

15. Nature of Minds / C. Capacities of Minds / 3. Abstraction by mind

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We know by abstraction because we only understand composite things a part at a time [Arnauld,A/Nicole,P]

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

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A triangle diagram is about all triangles, if some features are ignored [Arnauld,A/Nicole,P]

15. Nature of Minds / C. Capacities of Minds / 6. Idealisation

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No one denies that a line has width, but we can just attend to its length [Arnauld,A/Nicole,P]