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All the ideas for 'Brainstorms:Essays on Mind and Psychology', 'Contextualist Solutions to Scepticism' and 'Letters to Regius'

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6 ideas

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 15. Against Essentialism

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Substantial forms are not understood, and explain nothing [Descartes]

13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 6. Contextual Justification / a. Contextualism

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Contextualism needs a semantics for knowledge sentences that are partly indexical [Schiffer,S]

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The indexical aspect of contextual knowledge might be hidden, or it might be in what 'know' means [Schiffer,S]

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]

29. Religion / B. Monotheistic Religion / 4. Christianity / c. Angels

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An angelic mind would not experience pain, even when connected to a human body [Descartes, by Pasnau]