Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'Freedom to Act', 'Letters to William Molyneux' and 'An Argument for the Identity Theory'

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4 ideas

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 13. Nominal Essence

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Things have real essences, but we categorise them according to the ideas we receive [Locke]

17. Mind and Body / C. Functionalism / 4. Causal Functionalism

7441	Experiences are defined by their causal role, and causal roles belong to physical states [Lewis]

7442	'Pain' contingently names the state that occupies the causal role of pain [Lewis]

20. Action / C. Motives for Action / 3. Acting on Reason / c. Reasons as causes

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Deviant causal chain: a reason causes an action, but isn't the reason for which it was performed [Davidson, by Neta]