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All the ideas for 'There is no question of physicalism', 'There are no ordinary things' and 'Logical Investigations'

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1. Philosophy / H. Continental Philosophy / 2. Phenomenology

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Phenomenology is the science of essences - necessary universal structures for art, representation etc. [Husserl, by Polt]

7614	Bracketing subtracts entailments about external reality from beliefs [Husserl, by Putnam]

6893	Phenomenology aims to describe experience directly, rather than by its origins or causes [Husserl, by Mautner]

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]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 10. Vagueness / d. Vagueness as linguistic

9052	Vague predicates lack application; there are no borderline cases; vague F is not F [Unger, by Keefe/Smith]

9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Simples

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There are no objects with proper parts; there are only mereological simples [Unger, by Wasserman]

12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 2. Self-Evidence

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Husserl says we have intellectual intuitions (of categories), as well as of the senses [Husserl, by Velarde-Mayol]

15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 3. Mental Causation

6120	Causation depends on intrinsic properties [Mellor/Crane]

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]