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All the ideas for 'Brainstorms:Essays on Mind and Psychology', '14: Superstition' and 'What is an Idea?'

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4 ideas

15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 4. Intentionality / b. Intentionality theories

3158	Theories of intentionality presuppose rationality, so can't explain it [Dennett]

17. Mind and Body / B. Behaviourism / 3. Intentional Stance

3159	Beliefs and desires aren't real; they are prediction techniques [Dennett]

18. Thought / C. Content / 2. Ideas

19423

By an 'idea' I mean not an actual thought, but the resources we can draw on to think [Leibniz]

28. God / C. Attitudes to God / 5. Atheism

5957	Absurd superstitions make people atheist, not disharmony in nature [Plutarch]