Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'Open Society and Its Enemies:Hegel and Marx', 'Brain Bisection and Unity of Consciousness' and 'A World of Propensities'

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4 ideas

8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 7. Against Powers

11946

Propensities are part of a situation, not part of the objects [Popper]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 15. Against Essentialism

5451	Popper felt that ancient essentialism was a bar to progress [Popper, by Mautner]

15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 5. Unity of Mind

2957	Brain bisection suggests unity of mind isn't all-or-nothing [Nagel, by Lockwood]

16. Persons / B. Nature of the Self / 4. Presupposition of Self

3285	We may be unable to abandon personal identity, even when split-brains have undermined it [Nagel]