Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'Reference and Reflexivity', 'The Foundations of Empirical Knowledge' and 'The Human Body is a sort of Machine'

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4 ideas

11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 2. Phenomenalism

8824	No one has defended translational phenomenalism since Ayer in 1940 [Ayer, by Kim]

18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 9. Indexical Thought

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Indexical thoughts are about themselves, and ascribe properties to themselves [Perry, by Recanati]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 2. Natural Purpose / b. Limited purposes

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A machine is best defined by its final cause, which explains the roles of the parts [Leibniz]

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / d. Causal necessity

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The attribution of necessity to causation is either primitive animism, or confusion with logical necessity [Ayer]