Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'Changes in Events and Changes in Things', 'The Quest for Certainty' and 'Looking for Spinoza'

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4 ideas

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 8. Facts / b. Types of fact

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That Queen Anne is dead is a 'general fact', not a fact about Queen Anne [Prior,AN]

11. Knowledge Aims / B. Certain Knowledge / 1. Certainty

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We want certainty in order achieve secure results for action [Dewey]

15. Nature of Minds / C. Capacities of Minds / 10. Conatus/Striving

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Conatus is brain circuits seeking survival and well-being [Damasio]

27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 2. Passage of Time / e. Tensed (A) series

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'Thank goodness that's over' is not like 'thank goodness that happened on Friday' [Prior,AN]