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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'There is no question of physicalism' and 'Sketch for a Theory of the Emotions'

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11 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 3. Philosophy Defined

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Even pointing a finger should only be done for a reason [Epictetus]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 6. Physicalism

7855	Some suggest that materialism is empty, because 'physical' cannot be properly characterized [Mellor/Crane, by Papineau]

15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 3. Mental Causation

6120	Causation depends on intrinsic properties [Mellor/Crane]

15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 1. Consciousness / b. Essence of consciousness

24016

Consciousness always transcends itself [Sartre]

17. Mind and Body / D. Property Dualism / 2. Anomalous Monism

6121	There are many psychophysicals laws - about the effects of sweets, colours and soft cushions [Mellor/Crane]

17. Mind and Body / E. Mind as Physical / 7. Anti-Physicalism / a. Physicalism critique

6122	No defences of physicalism can deprive psychology of the ontological authority of other sciences [Mellor/Crane]

18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 3. Emotions / a. Nature of emotions

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An emotion and its object form a unity, so emotion is a mode of apprehension [Sartre]

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Emotion is one of our modes of understanding our Being-in-the-World [Sartre]

18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 3. Emotions / c. Role of emotions

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Emotions are a sort of bodily incantation which brings a magic to the world [Sartre]

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Emotions makes us believe in and live in a new world [Sartre]

24. Political Theory / B. Nature of a State / 1. Purpose of a State

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States have a monopoly of legitimate violence [Sartre, by Wolff,J]