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Ideas for 'Principles of Philosophy', 'Intro to 'Self-Representational Consciousness'' and 'Objects and Persons'

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16. Persons / B. Nature of the Self / 7. Self and Body / a. Self needs body

6144	You hold a child in your arms, so it is not mental substance, or mental state, or software [Merricks]

16. Persons / D. Continuity of the Self / 3. Reference of 'I'

6140	Maybe the word 'I' can only refer to persons [Merricks]

16. Persons / D. Continuity of the Self / 7. Self and Thinking

5017	In thinking we shut ourselves off from other substances, showing our identity and separateness [Descartes]

16. Persons / F. Free Will / 1. Nature of Free Will

5010	Our free will is so self-evident to us that it must be a basic innate idea [Descartes]

16. Persons / F. Free Will / 7. Compatibilism

6149	Free will and determinism are incompatible, since determinism destroys human choice [Merricks]