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All the ideas for 'The Mental Life of Some Machines', 'The Decline of the West' and 'Universal Arithmetick'

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6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 5. Definitions of Number / b. Greek arithmetic

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A number is not a multitude, but a unified ratio between quantities [Newton]

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]

24. Political Theory / B. Nature of a State / 5. Culture

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Human cultures are organisms which grow, and then fade and die [Spengler, by Bowie]