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Ideas for 'Sweet Dreams', 'Introduction to the Philosophy of Mind' and 'On the Introduction of Transfinite Numbers'

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17. Mind and Body / E. Mind as Physical / 1. Physical Mind
Physicalists must believe in narrow content (because thoughts are merely the brain states) [Lowe]
17. Mind and Body / E. Mind as Physical / 2. Reduction of Mind
Intelligent agents are composed of nested homunculi, of decreasing intelligence, ending in machines [Dennett]
17. Mind and Body / E. Mind as Physical / 3. Eliminativism
I don't deny consciousness; it just isn't what people think it is [Dennett]
Eliminativism is incoherent if it eliminates reason and truth as well as propositional attitudes [Lowe]