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All the ideas for 'works', 'Minds, Brains and Science' and 'Questions on Aristotle's Posterior Analytics'

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6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 3. Axioms for Geometry

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Archimedes defined a straight line as the shortest distance between two points [Archimedes, by Leibniz]

12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 2. Qualities in Perception / b. Primary/secondary

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Why can't we deduce secondary qualities from primary ones, if they cause them? [Buridan]

17. Mind and Body / C. Functionalism / 7. Chinese Room

2427	Maybe understanding doesn't need consciousness, despite what Searle seems to think [Searle, by Chalmers]

7389	A program won't contain understanding if it is small enough to imagine [Dennett on Searle]

7390	If bigger and bigger brain parts can't understand, how can a whole brain? [Dennett on Searle]