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'The Social Contract (tr Cress)', 'The Ethics' and 'Mapping the Mind'
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15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 1. Mind / a. Mind
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The human mind is the very idea or knowledge of the human body [Spinoza]
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15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 1. Mind / b. Purpose of mind
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Knowledge is the essence of the mind [Spinoza]
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15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 1. Mind / c. Features of mind
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The will is not a desire, but the faculty of affirming what is true or false [Spinoza]
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Will and intellect are the same thing [Spinoza]
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The will is finite, but the intellect is infinite [Spinoza]
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15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 5. Unity of Mind
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Spinoza held that the mind is just a bundle of ideas [Spinoza, by Schmid]
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15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 7. Animal Minds
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Animals are often observed to be wiser than people [Spinoza]
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No one knows if animals are conscious [Carter,R]
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15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 8. Brain
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Proper brains appear at seven weeks, and neonates have as many neurons as adults do [Carter,R]
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In primates, brain size correlates closely with size of social group [Carter,R]
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Pain doesn't have one brain location, but is linked to attention and emotion [Carter,R]
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