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All the ideas for 'The Mental Life of Some Machines', 'Commentary on Euclid's 'Elements'' and 'Mr Strawson on Referring'

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6 ideas

1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 5. Linguistic Analysis

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Common speech is vague; its vocabulary and syntax must be modified, for precision [Russell]

2. Reason / D. Definition / 11. Ostensive Definition

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Empirical words need ostensive definition, which makes them egocentric [Russell]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / g. Causal explanations

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Geometrical proofs do not show causes, as when we prove a triangle contains two right angles [Proclus]

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 / E. Abstraction / 1. Abstract Thought

9569	The origin of geometry started in sensation, then moved to calculation, and then to reason [Proclus]

19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 9. Indexical Semantics

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Science reduces indexicals to a minimum, but they can never be eliminated from empirical matters [Russell]