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All the ideas for 'The Emperor's New 'Knows'', 'Brainstorms:Essays on Mind and Psychology' and 'On Note L to Bayle's 'Rorarius''

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8 ideas

13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 6. Contextual Justification / b. Invariantism
12900 How could 'S knows he has hands' not have a fixed content? [Bach]
12901 If contextualism is right, knowledge sentences are baffling out of their context [Bach]
12902 Sceptics aren't changing the meaning of 'know', but claiming knowing is tougher than we think [Bach]
15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 2. Unconscious Mind
19355 The soul doesn't understand many of its own actions, if perceptions are confused and desires buried [Leibniz]
15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 4. Intentionality / b. Intentionality theories
3158 Theories of intentionality presuppose rationality, so can't explain it [Dennett]
17. Mind and Body / A. Mind-Body Dualism / 5. Parallelism
19350 We should say that body is mechanism and soul is immaterial, asserting their independence [Leibniz]
17. Mind and Body / B. Behaviourism / 3. Intentional Stance
3159 Beliefs and desires aren't real; they are prediction techniques [Dennett]
26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 4. Mathematical Nature
19356 Minds unconsciously count vibration beats in music, and enjoy it when they coincide [Leibniz]