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All the ideas for 'Internalism Exposed', 'Sociobiology' and 'Material Constitution'

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11 ideas

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 6. Constitution of an Object

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Constitution is identity (being in the same place), or it isn't (having different possibilities) [Wasserman]

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Constitution is not identity, because it is an asymmetric dependence relation [Wasserman]

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There are three main objections to seeing constitution as different from identity [Wasserman]

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 8. Parts of Objects / a. Parts of objects

16068

The weight of a wall is not the weight of its parts, since that would involve double-counting [Wasserman]

9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 3. Relative Identity

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Relative identity may reject transitivity, but that suggests that it isn't about 'identity' [Wasserman]

13. Knowledge Criteria / A. Justification Problems / 3. Internal or External / a. Pro-internalism

6871	We can't only believe things if we are currently conscious of their justification - there are too many [Goldman]

6872	Internalism must cover Forgotten Evidence, which is no longer retrievable from memory [Goldman]

6874	Internal justification needs both mental stability and time to compute coherence [Goldman]

13. Knowledge Criteria / B. Internal Justification / 5. Coherentism / c. Coherentism critique

6873	Coherent justification seems to require retrieving all our beliefs simultaneously [Goldman]

13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 3. Reliabilism / a. Reliable knowledge

6875	Reliability involves truth, and truth is external [Goldman]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / d. Biological ethics

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Genetic behaviours that have enhanced human success include aggression, rape and xenophobia [Wilson,EO, by Okasha]