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Ideas for 'Metaphysics', 'Stipulation, Meaning and Apriority' and 'Subjective View: sec qualities and indexicals'

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18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 5. Rationality / b. Human rationality
Aristotle sees reason as much more specific than our more everyday concept of it [Aristotle, by Frede,M]
18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 5. Rationality / c. Animal rationality
Animals live by sensations, and some have good memories, but they don't connect experiences [Aristotle]
18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 9. Indexical Thought
The indexical perspective is subjective, incorrigible and constant [McGinn]
Indexical thought is in relation to my self-consciousness [McGinn]
Indexicals do not figure in theories of physics, because they are not explanatory causes [McGinn]
Indexical concepts are indispensable, as we need them for the power to act [McGinn]