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All the ideas for 'works', 'De Mundo (On the World)' and 'The Mysterious Flame'

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10 ideas

1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 5. Metaphysics beyond Science

2546	Philosophy is a magnificent failure in its attempt to overstep the limits of our knowledge [McGinn]

4. Formal Logic / E. Nonclassical Logics / 5. Relevant Logic

8720	A logic is 'relevant' if premise and conclusion are connected, and 'paraconsistent' allows contradictions [Priest,G, by Friend]

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

2544	Thoughts have a dual aspect: as they seem to introspection, and their underlying logical reality [McGinn]

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / a. Nature of Being

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Only supernatural means could annihilate anything once it had being [Hobbes]

15. Nature of Minds / C. Capacities of Minds / 1. Faculties

2539	Mental modules for language, social, action, theory, space, emotion [McGinn]

16. Persons / F. Free Will / 1. Nature of Free Will

2545	Free will is mental causation in action [McGinn]

17. Mind and Body / A. Mind-Body Dualism / 3. Panpsychism

2543	Brains aren't made of anything special, suggesting panpsychism [McGinn]

17. Mind and Body / D. Property Dualism / 6. Mysterianism

2540	Examining mind sees no brain; examining brain sees no mind [McGinn]

19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 6. Truth-Conditions Semantics

2547	There is information if there are symbols which refer, and which can combine into a truth or falsehood [McGinn]

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 4. Naturalised causation

2542	Causation in the material world is energy-transfer, of motion, electricity or gravity [McGinn]