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All the ideas for 'Three theses about dispositions', 'Individuals:Essay in Descript Metaphysics' and 'Letters to De Vries'

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8 ideas

1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 1. Nature of Metaphysics

7920	Descriptive metaphysics aims at actual structure, revisionary metaphysics at a better structure [Strawson,P]

1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 6. Metaphysics as Conceptual

7922	Descriptive metaphysics concerns unchanging core concepts and categories [Strawson,P]

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

7921	Close examination of actual word usage is the only sure way in philosophy [Strawson,P]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 14. Knowledge of Essences

4869	Experience does not teach us any essences of things [Spinoza]

15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 4. Other Minds / d. Other minds by analogy

9282	I can only apply consciousness predicates to myself if I can apply them to others [Strawson,P]

16. Persons / B. Nature of the Self / 7. Self and Body / a. Self needs body

9263	A person is an entity to which we can ascribe predicates of consciousness and corporeality [Strawson,P]

17. Mind and Body / B. Behaviourism / 2. Potential Behaviour

7435	Dispositions are second-order properties, the property of having some property [Jackson/Pargetter/Prior, by Armstrong]

19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 3. Predicates

9281	The idea of a predicate matches a range of things to which it can be applied [Strawson,P]