Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'The Lagoon: how Aristotle invented science', 'Les quaestiones de anima (lectures on the soul)' and 'Reference and Essence: seven appendices'

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4 ideas

1. Philosophy / C. History of Philosophy / 2. Ancient Philosophy / b. Pre-Socratic philosophy

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The Pre-Socratics are not simple naturalists, because they do not always 'leave the gods out' [Leroi]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 10. Vagueness / g. Degrees of vagueness

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It can't be indeterminate whether x and y are identical; if x,y is indeterminate, then it isn't x,x [Salmon,N]

17. Mind and Body / E. Mind as Physical / 1. Physical Mind

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Intellectual and moral states, and even the soul itself, depend on prime matter for their existence [Blasius, by Pasnau]

19. Language / B. Reference / 3. Direct Reference / a. Direct reference

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Kripke and Putnam made false claims that direct reference implies essentialism [Salmon,N]