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All the ideas for 'The Mental Life of Some Machines', 'Letters to Wagner' and 'The Sceptical Chemist'

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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]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 7. Later Matter Theories / a. Early Modern matter

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Bare or primary matter is passive; it is clothed or secondary matter which contains action [Leibniz]

27. Natural Reality / G. Biology / 3. Evolution

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I don't see how mere moving matter can lead to the bodies of men and animals, and especially their seeds [Boyle]