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All the ideas for 'The Mind and the Soul', 'Two Chief World Systems' and 'Semantics for Propositional Attitudes'

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7 ideas

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 11. Ontological Commitment / a. Ontological commitment

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Our commitments are to an 'ontology', but also to an 'ideology', or conceptual system [Hintikka]

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 1. Nature of Properties

9295	Not only substances have attributes; events, actions, states and qualities can have them [Teichmann]

10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 2. Nature of Possible Worlds / a. Nature of possible worlds

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Commitment to possible worlds is part of our ideology, not part of our ontology [Hintikka]

17. Mind and Body / A. Mind-Body Dualism / 2. Interactionism

9293	Body-spirit interaction ought to result in losses and increases of energy in the material world [Teichmann]

27. Natural Reality / A. Classical Physics / 1. Mechanics / b. Laws of motion

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Galileo mathematised movement, and revealed its invariable component - acceleration [Galileo, by Meillassoux]

29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 2. Immortality / b. Soul

9292	The Soul has no particular capacity (in the way thinking belongs to the mind) [Teichmann]

9294	No individuating marks distinguish between Souls [Teichmann]