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Ideas for 'Perception', 'Db (ideas)' and 'The Evolution of Logic'

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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 8. Stuff / a. Pure stuff

13488	Mass words do not have plurals, or numerical adjectives, or use 'fewer' [Hart,WD]
	Full Idea: Jespersen calls a noun a mass word when it has no plural, does not take numerical adjectives, and does not take 'fewer'.
	From: William D. Hart (The Evolution of Logic [2010], 3)
	A reaction: Jespersen was a great linguistics expert.

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 6. Physicalism

6504	For physicalists, the only relations are spatial, temporal and causal [Robinson,H]
	Full Idea: Spatial, temporal and causal relations are the only respectable candidates for relations for a physicalist.
	From: Howard Robinson (Perception [1994], V.4)
	A reaction: This seems to be true, and is an absolutely crucial principle upon which any respectable physicalist account of the world must be built. It means that physicalists must attempt to explain all mental events in causal terms.