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All the ideas for 'The Sign of Four', 'Folk Psychology' and 'Identity over Time'

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7 ideas

9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 1. Objects over Time

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If things change they become different - but then no one thing undergoes the change! [Gallois]

9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 4. Four-Dimensionalism

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4D: time is space-like; a thing is its history; past and future are real; or things extend in time [Gallois]

9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 6. Identity between Objects

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If two things are equal, each side involves a necessity, so the equality is necessary [Gallois]

14. Science / C. Induction / 1. Induction

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If you eliminate the impossible, the truth will remain, even if it is weird [Conan Doyle]

18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 4. Folk Psychology

7518	If folk psychology gives a network of causal laws, that fits neatly with functionalism [Churchland,PM]

7520	Folk psychology never makes any progress, and is marginalised by modern science [Churchland,PM]

7519	Many mental phenomena are totally unexplained by folk psychology [Churchland,PM]