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All the ideas for 'Jerry A. Fodor on himself', 'Has Philosophy Lost Contact with People?' and 'Goodbye Descartes'

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1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 3. Wisdom Deflated

9764	Inspiration and social improvement need wisdom, but not professional philosophy [Quine]

1. Philosophy / B. History of Ideas / 5. Later European Thought

8092	Logic was merely a branch of rhetoric until the scientific 17th century [Devlin]

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 6. Hopes for Philosophy

9763	For a good theory of the world, we must focus on our flabby foundational vocabulary [Quine]

4. Formal Logic / A. Syllogistic Logic / 2. Syllogistic Logic

8081	'No councillors are bankers' and 'All bankers are athletes' implies 'Some athletes are not councillors' [Devlin]

4. Formal Logic / B. Propositional Logic PL / 1. Propositional Logic

8085	Modern propositional inference replaces Aristotle's 19 syllogisms with modus ponens [Devlin]

4. Formal Logic / B. Propositional Logic PL / 2. Tools of Propositional Logic / e. Axioms of PL

8086	Predicate logic retains the axioms of propositional logic [Devlin]

5. Theory of Logic / A. Overview of Logic / 1. Overview of Logic

8091	Situation theory is logic that takes account of context [Devlin]

5. Theory of Logic / A. Overview of Logic / 2. History of Logic

8089	Montague's intensional logic incorporated the notion of meaning [Devlin]

8087	Golden ages: 1900-1960 for pure logic, and 1950-1985 for applied logic [Devlin]

5. Theory of Logic / B. Logical Consequence / 7. Strict Implication

8082	Where a conditional is purely formal, an implication implies a link between premise and conclusion [Devlin]

5. Theory of Logic / E. Structures of Logic / 1. Logical Form

8072	Sentences of apparent identical form can have different contextual meanings [Devlin]

5. Theory of Logic / L. Paradox / 4. Paradoxes in Logic / a. Achilles paradox

8075	Space and time are atomic in the arrow, and divisible in the tortoise [Devlin]

12. Knowledge Sources / D. Empiricism / 2. Associationism

3978	Associations are held to connect Ideas together in the way the world is connected together [Fodor]

13. Knowledge Criteria / E. Relativism / 5. Language Relativism

8088	People still say the Hopi have no time concepts, despite Whorf's later denial [Devlin]

15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 4. Intentionality / b. Intentionality theories

3976	Intentional science needs objects with semantic and causal properties, and which obey laws [Fodor]

3980	Intentional states and processes may be causal relations among mental symbols [Fodor]

17. Mind and Body / E. Mind as Physical / 7. Anti-Physicalism / b. Multiple realisability

3981	Most psychological properties seem to be multiply realisable [Fodor]

18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 4. Folk Psychology

3975	Folk psychology explains behaviour by reference to intentional states like belief and desire [Fodor]

18. Thought / C. Content / 6. Broad Content

3982	How could the extrinsic properties of thoughts supervene on their intrinsic properties? [Fodor]

19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 1. Syntax

8073	How do we parse 'time flies like an arrow' and 'fruit flies like an apple'? [Devlin]

19. Language / D. Propositions / 2. Abstract Propositions / a. Propositions as sense

8076	The distinction between sentences and abstract propositions is crucial in logic [Devlin]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 9. Counterfactual Claims

3977	Laws are true generalisations which support counterfactuals and are confirmed by instances [Fodor]