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All the ideas for 'Introduction to 'Virtues of Authenticity'', 'Eliminative Materialism and Prop. Attitudes' and 'Teplitz Fragments'

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8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 6. Platonic Forms / a. Platonic Forms

17945

Forms are not a theory of universals, but an attempt to explain how predication is possible [Nehamas]

8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 6. Platonic Forms / b. Partaking

17946

Only Tallness really is tall, and other inferior tall things merely participate in the tallness [Nehamas]

11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 2. Understanding

17944

'Episteme' is better translated as 'understanding' than as 'knowledge' [Nehamas]

12. Knowledge Sources / D. Empiricism / 5. Empiricism Critique

19590

Empiricists are passive thinkers, given their philosophy by the external world and fate [Novalis]

17. Mind and Body / E. Mind as Physical / 3. Eliminativism

4988	Folk psychology may not be reducible, but that doesn't make it false [Kirk,R on Churchland,PM]

4987	Eliminative materialism says folk psychology will be replaced, not reduced [Churchland,PM]