Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'Brainstorms:Essays on Mind and Psychology', 'Contemporary Efficient Causation: Aristotelian themes' and 'On Mental Entities'

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12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 4. Sense Data / d. Sense-data problems

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Sense-data are dubious abstractions, with none of the plausibility of tables [Quine]

12. Knowledge Sources / D. Empiricism / 4. Pro-Empiricism

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Empiricism says evidence rests on the senses, but that insight is derived from science [Quine]

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]

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 1. Causation

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Causation interests us because we want to explain change [Mumford]