Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'Metaphysics', 'Law, Pragmatism and Democracy' and 'The Language of Thought'

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4 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]

18. Thought / B. Mechanics of Thought / 4. Language of Thought

8090	Since the language of thought is the same for all, it must be something like logical form [Fodor, by Devlin]

18. Thought / D. Concepts / 2. Origin of Concepts / c. Nativist concepts

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If concept-learning is hypothesis-testing, that needs innate concepts to get started [Fodor, by Margolis/Laurence]

24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 5. Democracy / a. Nature of democracy

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Democracy is competition for support of the people, guided by self-interest on all sides [Posner]