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All the ideas for 'The Mental Life of Some Machines', 'Treatise on Quantity' and 'The Character of Physical Law'

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6 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 7. Despair over Philosophy

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People generalise because it is easier to understand, and that is mistaken for deep philosophy [Feynman]

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 4. Quantity of an Object

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Quantity is the quantified parts of a thing, plus location and coordination [Olivi]

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 / D. Laws of Nature / 4. Regularities / a. Regularity theory

9410	Physical Laws are rhythms and patterns in nature, revealed by analysis [Feynman]

27. Natural Reality / B. Modern Physics / 2. Electrodynamics / d. Quantum mechanics

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Nobody understands quantum mechanics [Feynman]

27. Natural Reality / C. Space / 3. Points in Space

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We should regard space as made up of many tiny pieces [Feynman, by Mares]