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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Intro to 'Philosophical Essays'' and 'Intention, Plans, and Practical Reason'

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8 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 1. Philosophy

9786	Philosophers working like teams of scientists is absurd, yet isolation is hard [Cartwright,R]

2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 6. Coherence

9784	A false proposition isn't truer because it is part of a coherent system [Cartwright,R]

20. Action / B. Preliminaries of Action / 1. Intention to Act / a. Nature of intentions

20034

Intentions must be mutually consistent, affirm appropriate means, and fit the agent's beliefs [Bratman, by Wilson/Schpall]

20033

Intentions are normative, requiring commitment and further plans [Bratman, by Wilson/Schpall]

20. Action / B. Preliminaries of Action / 1. Intention to Act / b. Types of intention

20026

Intention is either the aim of an action, or a long-term constraint on what we can do [Bratman, by Wilson/Schpall]

20. Action / B. Preliminaries of Action / 1. Intention to Act / c. Reducing intentions

20032

Bratman rejected reducing intentions to belief-desire, because they motivate, and have their own standards [Bratman, by Wilson/Schpall]

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]