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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'The Language of Thought' and 'On Providence'

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7 ideas

18. Thought / B. Mechanics of Thought / 4. Language of Thought
8090 Since the language of thought is the same for all, it must be something like logical form [Fodor, by Devlin]
18. Thought / D. Concepts / 2. Origin of Concepts / c. Nativist concepts
11143 If concept-learning is hypothesis-testing, that needs innate concepts to get started [Fodor, by Margolis/Laurence]
22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 2. Happiness / a. Nature of happiness
13550 To be always happy is to lack knowledge of one half of nature [Seneca]
23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 4. External Goods / a. External goods
13549 Nothing bad can happen to a good man [Seneca]
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 / A. Classical Physics / 1. Mechanics / c. Forces
13548 The ocean changes in volume in proportion to the attraction of the moon [Seneca]
27. Natural Reality / G. Biology / 3. Evolution
5989 Archelaus said life began in a primeval slime [Archelaus, by Schofield]