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All the ideas for 'There is no question of physicalism', 'The Essence of Aesthetic' and 'Letters to Remond de Montmort'

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9 ideas

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 6. Physicalism
7855 Some suggest that materialism is empty, because 'physical' cannot be properly characterized [Mellor/Crane, by Papineau]
10. Modality / C. Sources of Modality / 2. Necessity as Primitive
12732 Some necessary truths are brute, and others derive from final causes [Leibniz]
15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 3. Mental Causation
6120 Causation depends on intrinsic properties [Mellor/Crane]
15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 1. Consciousness / c. Parts of consciousness
19438 Our large perceptions and appetites are made up tiny unconscious fragments [Leibniz]
17. Mind and Body / D. Property Dualism / 2. Anomalous Monism
6121 There are many psychophysicals laws - about the effects of sweets, colours and soft cushions [Mellor/Crane]
17. Mind and Body / E. Mind as Physical / 7. Anti-Physicalism / a. Physicalism critique
6122 No defences of physicalism can deprive psychology of the ontological authority of other sciences [Mellor/Crane]
18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 3. Emotions / c. Role of emotions
19415 Passions reside in confused perceptions [Leibniz]
21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 4. Art as Expression
20422 The experience of expression and communication are intermingled in art [Croce]
28. God / A. Divine Nature / 2. Divine Nature
19439 God produces possibilities, and thus ideas [Leibniz]