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All the ideas for 'Issues of Pragmaticism', 'Introduction to 'Personal Identity'' and 'Two letters on mind'

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7 ideas

8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 2. Powers as Basic

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Incorporeal substances are powers or forces [Descartes, by Pasnau]

16. Persons / D. Continuity of the Self / 2. Mental Continuity / b. Self as mental continuity

5504	Maybe we should see persons in four dimensions, with stages or time-slices at an instant [Martin/Barresi]

5503	Maybe personal identity is not vital in survival, and other continuations would suffice [Martin/Barresi]

16. Persons / E. Rejecting the Self / 2. Self as Social Construct

5502	Locke's intrinsic view of personal identity has been replaced by an externalist view [Martin/Barresi]

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]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 7. Later Matter Theories / c. Matter as extension

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Impenetrability only belongs to the essence of extension [Descartes]

29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 2. Immortality / a. Immortality

5505	For Aristotle the psyche perishes with the body (except possibly 'nous') [Martin/Barresi]