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All the ideas for 'The Mental Life of Some Machines', 'Ethical consistency' and 'Real Essence'

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4 ideas

2. Reason / D. Definition / 4. Real Definition

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'Nominal' definitions identify things, but fail to give their essence [Jones,J-E]

17. Mind and Body / C. Functionalism / 2. Machine Functionalism

5495	Instances of pain are physical tokens, but the nature of pain is more abstract [Putnam, by Lycan]

20. Action / C. Motives for Action / 5. Action Dilemmas / a. Dilemmas

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Many ethical theories neglect the power of regretting the ought not acted upon [Williams,B]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / f. Ethical non-cognitivism

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Moral conflicts have a different feeling and structure from belief conflicts [Williams,B, by Foot]