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All the ideas for 'Confessions of a Philosopher', 'Letters to Mersenne' and 'There is no question of physicalism'

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8 ideas

1. Philosophy / G. Scientific Philosophy / 3. Scientism

3653	My Meditations are the complete foundation of my physics [Descartes]

3. Truth / A. Truth Problems / 2. Defining Truth

4736	Truth is such a transcendentally clear notion that it cannot be further defined [Descartes]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 6. Physicalism

7855	Some suggest that materialism is empty, because 'physical' cannot be properly characterized [Mellor/Crane, by Papineau]

15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 3. Mental Causation

6120	Causation depends on intrinsic properties [Mellor/Crane]

16. Persons / C. Self-Awareness / 3. Limits of Introspection

3102	Why don't we experience or remember going to sleep at night? [Magee]

17. Mind and Body / D. Property Dualism / 2. Anomalous Monism

6121	There are many psychophysicals laws - about the effects of sweets, colours and soft cushions [Mellor/Crane]

17. Mind and Body / E. Mind as Physical / 7. Anti-Physicalism / a. Physicalism critique

6122	No defences of physicalism can deprive psychology of the ontological authority of other sciences [Mellor/Crane]

29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 2. Immortality / b. Soul

3652	I can't prove the soul is indestructible, only that it is separate from the mortal body [Descartes]