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All the ideas for 'Issues of Pragmaticism', 'Introduction to 'Properties'' and 'Philosophy of Mind (Encylopedia III)'

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2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 6. Ockham's Razor

4037	Ockham's Razor is the principle that we need reasons to believe in entities [Mellor/Oliver]

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 6. Categorical Properties

4027	Properties are respects in which particular objects may be alike or differ [Mellor/Oliver]

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 12. Denial of Properties

4029	Nominalists ask why we should postulate properties at all [Mellor/Oliver]

16. Persons / F. Free Will / 2. Sources of Free Will

22040

Freedom is produced by the activity of the mind, and is not intrinsically given [Hegel]

17. Mind and Body / A. Mind-Body Dualism / 1. Dualism

22039

Geist is distinct from nature, not as a substance, but because of its normativity [Hegel, by Pinkard]

18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 5. Abstracta by Negation

4039	Abstractions lack causes, effects and spatio-temporal locations [Mellor/Oliver]

19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 1. Meaning

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The meaning or purport of a symbol is all the rational conduct it would lead to [Peirce]