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All the ideas for 'Mind and Its Place in Nature', 'Noneism or Allism?' and 'The Modularity of Mind'

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6 ideas

5. Theory of Logic / G. Quantification / 4. Substitutional Quantification

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We can quantify over fictions by quantifying for real over their names [Lewis]

5. Theory of Logic / G. Quantification / 7. Unorthodox Quantification

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We could quantify over impossible objects - as bundles of properties [Lewis]

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 1. Nature of Existence

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'Allists' embrace the existence of all controversial entities; 'noneists' reject all but the obvious ones [Lewis]

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 2. Types of Existence

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We can't accept a use of 'existence' that says only some of the things there are actually exist [Lewis]

12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 6. Inference in Perception

7628	Broad rejects the inferential component of the representative theory [Broad, by Maund]

18. Thought / B. Mechanics of Thought / 3. Modularity of Mind

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Mental modules are specialised, automatic, and isolated [Fodor, by Okasha]