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All the ideas for 'Issues of Pragmaticism', 'The Human Animal' and 'Philosophy of Natural Science'

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14. Science / D. Explanation / 1. Explanation / b. Aims of explanation

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Scientific explanation aims at a unifying account of underlying structures and processes [Hempel]

16. Persons / B. Nature of the Self / 7. Self and Body / a. Self needs body

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Maybe our persistence conditions concern bodies, rather than persons [Olson, by Hawley]

6669	For 'animalism', I exist before I became a person, and can continue after it, so I am not a person [Olson, by Lowe]

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]