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All the ideas for 'Principles of Nature and Grace based on Reason', 'Should a materialist believe in qualia?' and 'Goodbye Growing Block'

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8 ideas

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 5. Reason for Existence

5062	First: there must be reasons; Second: why anything at all?; Third: why this? [Leibniz]

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

19377

A monad and its body are living, so life is everywhere, and comes in infinite degrees [Leibniz]

12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 1. Perception

19353

'Perception' is basic internal representation, and 'apperception' is reflective knowledge of perception [Leibniz]

15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 7. Animal Minds

5061	Animals are semi-rational because they connect facts, but they don't see causes [Leibniz]

15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 5. Qualia / a. Nature of qualia

8209	Part of the folk concept of qualia is what makes recognition and comparison possible [Lewis]

21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 8. The Arts / a. Music

5063	Music charms, although its beauty is the harmony of numbers [Leibniz]

27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 1. Nature of Time / f. Eternalism

17960

Eternalism says all times are equally real, and future and past objects and properties are real [Merricks]

27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 1. Nature of Time / g. Growing block

17961

Growing block has a subjective present and a growing edge - but these could come apart [Merricks, by PG]