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All the ideas for 'Sweet Dreams', 'Power/Knowledge' and 'The Rationalists'

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9 ideas

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / c. Types of substance

4304	Descartes says there are two substance, Spinoza one, and Leibniz infinitely many [Cottingham]

12. Knowledge Sources / C. Rationalism / 1. Rationalism

4303	The notion of substance lies at the heart of rationalist metaphysics [Cottingham]

15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 5. Qualia / c. Explaining qualia

7658	Obviously there can't be a functional anaylsis of qualia if they are defined by intrinsic properties [Dennett]

16. Persons / E. Rejecting the Self / 4. Denial of the Self

7655	The work done by the 'homunculus in the theatre' must be spread amongst non-conscious agencies [Dennett]

17. Mind and Body / E. Mind as Physical / 2. Reduction of Mind

7657	Intelligent agents are composed of nested homunculi, of decreasing intelligence, ending in machines [Dennett]

17. Mind and Body / E. Mind as Physical / 3. Eliminativism

7656	I don't deny consciousness; it just isn't what people think it is [Dennett]

18. Thought / B. Mechanics of Thought / 6. Artificial Thought / a. Artificial Intelligence

7654	What matters about neuro-science is the discovery of the functional role of the chemistry [Dennett]

24. Political Theory / C. Ruling a State / 1. Social Power

8991	Foucault can't accept that power is sometimes decent and benign [Foucault, by Scruton]

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / d. Causal necessity

4306	For rationalists, it is necessary that effects be deducible from their causes [Cottingham]