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All the ideas for 'Philosophy of Mind (Encylopedia III)', 'A Free Will' and 'Why Reason Can't be Naturalized'

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1. Philosophy / C. History of Philosophy / 2. Ancient Philosophy / e. Late classical philosophy

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In the third century Stoicism died out, replaced by Platonism, with Aristotelian ethics [Frede,M]

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In late antiquity nearly all philosophers were monotheists [Frede,M]

3. Truth / E. Pragmatic Truth / 1. Pragmatic Truth

8828	Truth is rational acceptability [Putnam]

16. Persons / F. Free Will / 2. Sources of Free Will

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The idea of free will achieved universal acceptance because of Christianity [Frede,M]

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The Stoics needed free will, to allow human choices in a divinely providential cosmos [Frede,M]

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For Christians man has free will by creation in God's image (as in Genesis) [Frede,M]

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Freedom is produced by the activity of the mind, and is not intrinsically given [Hegel]

17. Mind and Body / A. Mind-Body Dualism / 1. Dualism

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Geist is distinct from nature, not as a substance, but because of its normativity [Hegel, by Pinkard]

20. Action / B. Preliminaries of Action / 2. Willed Action / a. Will to Act

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There is no will for Plato or Aristotle, because actions come directly from perception of what is good [Frede,M]

29. Religion / A. Polytheistic Religion / 4. Dualist Religion

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The Gnostic demiurge (creator) is deluded, and doesn't care about us [Frede,M]