Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'Buddhacarita', 'fragments/reports' and 'The Logic of Decision'

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7 ideas

10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 2. Nature of Possible Worlds / b. Worlds as fictions

16285

A possible world can be seen as a complete and consistent novel [Jeffrey]

14. Science / C. Induction / 6. Bayes's Theorem

19155

Instead of gambling, Jeffrey made the objects of Bayesian preference to be propositions [Jeffrey, by Davidson]

16. Persons / E. Rejecting the Self / 4. Denial of the Self

7906	When the Buddha reached the highest level of insight, he could detect no self in the world [Ashvaghosha]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / c. Ultimate substances

22745

Pherecydes said the first principle and element is earth [Pherecydes, by Sext.Empiricus]

29. Religion / C. Spiritual Disciplines / 3. Buddhism

7904	The first stage of trance is calm amidst applied and discursive thinking [Ashvaghosha]

7905	The Buddha sought ultimate reality and the final goal of existence in his meditations [Ashvaghosha]

29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 2. Immortality / a. Immortality

5883	Pherecydes was the first to say that the soul is eternal [Pherecydes, by Cicero]