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All the ideas for 'The Mental Life of Some Machines', 'Emile: treatise on education' and 'The Modularity of Mind'

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4 ideas

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]

18. Thought / B. Mechanics of Thought / 3. Modularity of Mind

22186

Mental modules are specialised, automatic, and isolated [Fodor, by Okasha]

23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 6. Authentic Self

20759

Feelings are prior to intelligence; we should be content to live with our simplest feelings [Rousseau]

24. Political Theory / B. Nature of a State / 4. Citizenship

19854

We all owe labour in return for our keep, and every idle citizen is a thief [Rousseau]