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All the ideas for 'Frege's Theory of Numbers', 'Mad Pain and Martian Pain' and 'Understanding'

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7 ideas

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 4. Using Numbers / c. Counting procedure

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Parsons says counting is tagging as first, second, third..., and converting the last to a cardinal [Parsons,C, by Heck]

11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 2. Understanding

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Unlike knowledge, you can achieve understanding through luck [Grimm]

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'Grasping' a structure seems to be modal, because we must anticipate its behaviour [Grimm]

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You may have 'weak' understanding, if by luck you can answer a set of 'why questions' [Grimm]

17. Mind and Body / C. Functionalism / 4. Causal Functionalism

7444	Type-type psychophysical identity is combined with a functional characterisation of pain [Lewis]

17. Mind and Body / E. Mind as Physical / 1. Physical Mind

7445	The application of 'pain' to physical states is non-rigid and contingent [Lewis]

17. Mind and Body / E. Mind as Physical / 7. Anti-Physicalism / b. Multiple realisability

7443	A theory must be mixed, to cover qualia without behaviour, and behaviour without qualia [Lewis, by PG]