Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'An Argument for the Identity Theory' and 'Wittgenstein's 'Philosophical Investigations''

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15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 4. Other Minds / d. Other minds by analogy

14644

If my conception of pain derives from me, it is a contradiction to speak of another's pain [Malcolm]

17. Mind and Body / C. Functionalism / 4. Causal Functionalism

7441	Experiences are defined by their causal role, and causal roles belong to physical states [Lewis]

7442	'Pain' contingently names the state that occupies the causal role of pain [Lewis]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 5. Infinite in Nature

1748	Archelaus was the first person to say that the universe is boundless [Archelaus, by Diog. Laertius]

27. Natural Reality / G. Biology / 3. Evolution

5989	Archelaus said life began in a primeval slime [Archelaus, by Schofield]