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'Metaphysics', 'Humean metaphysics vs metaphysics of Powers' and 'Philosophical Investigations'
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18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 5. Rationality / b. Human rationality
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Aristotle sees reason as much more specific than our more everyday concept of it [Aristotle, by Frede,M]
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18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 5. Rationality / c. Animal rationality
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Animals live by sensations, and some have good memories, but they don't connect experiences [Aristotle]
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18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 10. Rule Following
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Every course of action can either accord or conflict with a rule, so there is no accord or conflict [Wittgenstein]
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One cannot obey a rule 'privately', because that is a practice, not the same as thinking one is obeying [Wittgenstein]
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If individuals can't tell if they are following a rule, how does a community do it? [Grayling on Wittgenstein]
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An 'inner process' stands in need of outward criteria [Wittgenstein]
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18. Thought / B. Mechanics of Thought / 5. Mental Files
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Many memories make up a single experience [Aristotle]
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18. Thought / C. Content / 6. Broad Content
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Is white simple, or does it consist of the colours of the rainbow? [Wittgenstein]
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Externalist accounts of mental content begin in Wittgenstein [Wittgenstein, by Heil]
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18. Thought / D. Concepts / 3. Ontology of Concepts / b. Concepts as abilities
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Possessing a concept is knowing how to go on [Wittgenstein, by Peacocke]
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Concepts direct our interests and investigations, and express those interests [Wittgenstein]
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Man learns the concept of the past by remembering [Wittgenstein]
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18. Thought / D. Concepts / 4. Structure of Concepts / h. Family resemblance
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Various games have a 'family resemblance', as their similarities overlap and criss-cross [Wittgenstein]
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18. Thought / D. Concepts / 4. Structure of Concepts / i. Conceptual priority
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It is unclear whether acute angles are prior to right angles, or fingers to men [Aristotle]
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18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 3. Abstracta by Ignoring
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Mathematicians study quantity and continuity, and remove the perceptible features of things [Aristotle]
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Mathematicians suppose inseparable aspects to be separable, and study them in isolation [Aristotle]
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18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 8. Abstractionism Critique
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If health happened to be white, the science of health would not study whiteness [Aristotle]
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