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All the ideas for 'Actions', 'Intro to 'Essays on Actions and Events'' and 'The Power of Words'

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7 ideas

17. Mind and Body / E. Mind as Physical / 5. Causal Argument

6383	Cause unites our picture of the universe; without it, mental and physical will separate [Davidson]

20. Action / A. Definition of Action / 5. Action as Trying

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Bodily movements are not actions, which are really the tryings within bodily movement [Hornsby, by Stout,R]

20. Action / B. Preliminaries of Action / 2. Willed Action / d. Weakness of will

6385	The causally strongest reason may not be the reason the actor judges to be best [Davidson]

20. Action / C. Motives for Action / 3. Acting on Reason / a. Practical reason

6384	The notion of cause is essential to acting for reasons, intentions, agency, akrasia, and free will [Davidson]

24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 3. Conservatism

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National leaders want to preserve necessary order - but always the existing order [Weil]

24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 14. Nationalism

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National prestige consists of behaving as if you could beat the others in a war [Weil]

25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 1. War / a. Just wars

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Modern wars are fought in the name of empty words which are given capital letters [Weil]