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All the ideas for 'Letters to Wolff', 'Letter to Shumacher' and 'Philosophy of Mind: 1950-2000'

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7 ideas

5. Theory of Logic / E. Structures of Logic / 1. Logical Form

8132	We now have a much more sophisticated understanding of logical form in language [Burge]

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 5. The Infinite / d. Actual infinite

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Actual infinities are not allowed in mathematics - only limits which may increase without bound [Gauss]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 9. Essence and Properties

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The properties of a thing flow from its essence [Leibniz]

15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 6. Anti-Individualism

8126	Anti-individualism says the environment is involved in the individuation of some mental states [Burge]

8127	Broad concepts suggest an extension of the mind into the environment (less computer-like) [Burge]

16. Persons / C. Self-Awareness / 2. Knowing the Self

8129	Anti-individualism may be incompatible with some sorts of self-knowledge [Burge]

17. Mind and Body / C. Functionalism / 1. Functionalism

8131	Some qualities of experience, like blurred vision, have no function at all [Burge]