Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'Events and Their Names', 'Logic as Semiotic: Theory of Signs' and 'The Architecture of Theories'

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6 ideas

7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 4. Events / c. Reduction of events
8978 Events are made of other things, and are not fundamental to ontology [Bennett]
17. Mind and Body / A. Mind-Body Dualism / 1. Dualism
14802 Physical and psychical laws of mind are either independent, or derived in one or other direction [Peirce]
19. Language / B. Reference / 1. Reference theories
7634 Icons resemble their subject, an index is a natural sign, and symbols are conventional [Peirce, by Maund]
26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 8. Particular Causation / b. Causal relata
10364 Facts are about the world, not in it, so they can't cause anything [Bennett]
26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 1. Laws of Nature
14800 The world is full of variety, but laws seem to produce uniformity [Peirce]
27. Natural Reality / G. Biology / 3. Evolution
14801 Darwinian evolution is chance, with the destruction of bad results [Peirce]