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All the ideas for 'Confessions', 'Identity through Possible Worlds' and 'Letters to Thomas Burnett'

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26 ideas

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 2. Types of Existence
16588 I prefer a lack of form to mean non-existence, than to think of some quasi-existence [Augustine]
7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 1. Ontologies
22979 Three main questions seem to be whether a thing is, what it is, and what sort it is [Augustine]
9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / a. Substance
13197 The notion of substance is one of the keys to true philosophy [Leibniz]
9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 14. Knowledge of Essences
11966 If there are essential properties, how do you find out what they are? [Chisholm]
10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 3. Transworld Objects / a. Transworld identity
11965 Could possible Adam gradually transform into Noah, and vice versa? [Chisholm]
12. Knowledge Sources / E. Direct Knowledge / 4. Memory
22980 Memory contains innumerable principles of maths, as well as past sense experiences [Augustine]
22981 Mind and memory are the same, as shown in 'bear it in mind' or 'it slipped from mind' [Augustine]
22982 Why does joy in my mind make me happy, but joy in my memory doesn't? [Augustine]
22983 We would avoid remembering sorrow or fear if that triggered the emotions afresh [Augustine]
22977 I can distinguish different smells even when I am not experiencing them [Augustine]
15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 6. Anti-Individualism
22978 Memory is so vast that I cannot recognise it as part of my mind [Augustine]
16. Persons / D. Continuity of the Self / 2. Mental Continuity / a. Memory is Self
22984 Without memory I could not even speak of myself [Augustine]
16. Persons / F. Free Will / 6. Determinism / a. Determinism
5982 If the future does not exist, how can prophets see it? [Augustine]
18. Thought / B. Mechanics of Thought / 5. Mental Files
22976 Memories are preserved separately, according to category [Augustine]
22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 2. Happiness / c. Value of happiness
22985 Everyone wants happiness [Augustine]
26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / c. Essence and laws
13198 Gravity is within matter because of its structure, and it can be explained. [Leibniz]
27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 1. Nature of Time / c. Idealist time
22888 To be aware of time it can only exist in the mind, as memory or anticipation [Augustine, by Bardon]
5984 Maybe time is an extension of the mind [Augustine]
27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 1. Nature of Time / g. Growing block
5980 How can ten days ahead be a short time, if it doesn't exist? [Augustine]
27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 1. Nature of Time / h. Presentism
5979 If the past is no longer, and the future is not yet, how can they exist? [Augustine]
27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 1. Nature of Time / i. Denying time
5981 The whole of the current year is not present, so how can it exist? [Augustine]
27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 2. Passage of Time / a. Experience of time
5978 I know what time is, until someone asks me to explain it [Augustine]
27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 2. Passage of Time / h. Change in time
5983 I disagree with the idea that time is nothing but cosmic movement [Augustine]
27. Natural Reality / E. Cosmology / 3. The Beginning
5977 Heaven and earth must be created, because they are subject to change [Augustine]
28. God / A. Divine Nature / 5. God and Time
5976 If God is outside time in eternity, can He hear prayers? [Augustine]
22887 If God existed before creation, why would a perfect being desire to change things? [Augustine, by Bardon]