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All the ideas for 'Metaphysics', 'Extrinsic Properties' and 'Perception'

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12 ideas

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 8. Stuff / a. Pure stuff

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A composite is a true unity if all of its parts fall under one essence [Scheibler]

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 4. Intrinsic Properties

14979

Being alone doesn't guarantee intrinsic properties; 'being alone' is itself extrinsic [Lewis, by Sider]

15454

Extrinsic properties come in degrees, with 'brother' less extrinsic than 'sibling' [Lewis]

9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / b. Individuation by properties

15455

Total intrinsic properties give us what a thing is [Lewis]

11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 6. Knowing How

7630	Ryle's dichotomy between knowing how and knowing that is too simplistic [Maund]

12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 1. Perception

7632	Perception is sensation-then-concept, or direct-concepts, or sensation-saturated-in-concepts [Maund]

12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 4. Sense Data / a. Sense-data theory

7635	Sense-data have an epistemological purpose (foundations) and a metaphysical purpose (explanation) [Maund]

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

7638	One thesis says we are not aware of qualia, but only of objects and their qualities [Maund]

7642	The Myth of the Given claims that thought is rationally supported by non-conceptual experiences [Maund]

12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 8. Adverbial Theory

7640	Mountains are adverbial modifications of the earth, but still have object-characteristics [Maund]

7641	Adverbialism tries to avoid sense-data and preserve direct realism [Maund]

18. Thought / C. Content / 1. Content

7637	Thought content is either satisfaction conditions, or exercise of concepts [Maund, by PG]