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All the ideas for 'Conditionals', 'Commentary on Euclid's 'Elements'' and 'Cartesian Meditations'

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9 ideas

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 6. Fundamentals / c. Monads

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Husserl sees the ego as a monad, unifying presence, sense and intentional acts [Husserl, by Velarde-Mayol]

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 8. Conditionals / a. Conditionals

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Validity can preserve certainty in mathematics, but conditionals about contingents are another matter [Edgington]

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 8. Conditionals / b. Types of conditional

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There are many different conditional mental states, and different conditional speech acts [Edgington]

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 8. Conditionals / c. Truth-function conditionals

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Are conditionals truth-functional - do the truth values of A and B determine the truth value of 'If A, B'? [Edgington]

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'If A,B' must entail ¬(A & ¬B); otherwise we could have A true, B false, and If A,B true, invalidating modus ponens [Edgington]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / g. Causal explanations

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Geometrical proofs do not show causes, as when we prove a triangle contains two right angles [Proclus]

15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 4. Other Minds / c. Knowing other minds

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Husserl's monads (egos) communicate, through acts of empathy. [Husserl, by Velarde-Mayol]

16. Persons / B. Nature of the Self / 4. Presupposition of Self

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The psychological ego is worldly, and the pure ego follows transcendental reduction [Husserl, by Velarde-Mayol]

18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 1. Abstract Thought

9569	The origin of geometry started in sensation, then moved to calculation, and then to reason [Proclus]