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All the ideas for 'Unconscious Cerebral Initiative', 'Psychophysical and theoretical identifications' and 'Commentary on the Metaphysics'

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9 ideas

1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 1. Nature of Metaphysics

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Understanding begins with the notion of being and essence [Avicenna]

9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Simples

11209

The simple's whatness is its very self [Avicenna]

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 3. Matter of an Object

11204

The ultimate material of things has the unity of total formlessness [Avicenna]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 2. Types of Essence

15036

An essence can either be universal (in the mind) or singular (in concrete particulars) [Avicenna, by Panaccio]

20. Action / B. Preliminaries of Action / 2. Willed Action / a. Will to Act

7861	Libet says the processes initiated in the cortex can still be consciously changed [Libet, by Papineau]

6660	Libet found conscious choice 0.2 secs before movement, well after unconscious 'readiness potential' [Libet, by Lowe]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 4. Regularities / b. Best system theory

9423	If simplicity and strength are criteria for laws of nature, that introduces a subjective element [Mumford on Lewis]

9424	A number of systematizations might tie as the best and most coherent system [Mumford on Lewis]

9409	Laws are the best axiomatization of the total history of world events or facts [Lewis, by Mumford]