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All the ideas for 'Locke on Human Understanding', 'The Sense of Reality' and 'Reference and Contingency'

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10 ideas

1. Philosophy / B. History of Ideas / 1. History of Ideas

7460	The great moments are the death of Aristotle, Machiavelli, and Romanticism [Berlin, by Watson]

8. Modes of Existence / E. Nominalism / 2. Resemblance Nominalism

7720	Two things can only resemble one another in some respect, and that may reintroduce a universal [Lowe]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / d. Substance defined

7712	On substances, Leibniz emphasises unity, Spinoza independence, Locke relations to qualities [Lowe]

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 5. Contingency

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'Superficial' contingency: false in some world; 'Deep' contingency: no obvious verification [Evans, by Macià/Garcia-Carpentiro]

10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 3. Transworld Objects / b. Rigid designation

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Rigid designators can be meaningful even if empty [Evans, by Mackie,P]

12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 6. Inference in Perception

7710	Perception is a mode of belief-acquisition, and does not involve sensation [Lowe]

12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 7. Causal Perception

7711	Science requires a causal theory - perception of an object must be an experience caused by the object [Lowe]

16. Persons / D. Continuity of the Self / 1. Identity and the Self

7714	Personal identity is a problem across time (diachronic) and at an instant (synchronic) [Lowe]

18. Thought / B. Mechanics of Thought / 4. Language of Thought

7715	Mentalese isn't a language, because it isn't conventional, or a means of public communication [Lowe]

19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 2. Meaning as Mental

7722	If meaning is mental pictures, explain "the cat (or dog!) is NOT on the mat" [Lowe]