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All the ideas for 'The Varieties of Necessity', 'Philosophy of Mind: 1950-2000' and 'The Union of Body and Soul'

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9 ideas

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

8132	We now have a much more sophisticated understanding of logical form in language [Burge]

10. Modality / C. Sources of Modality / 1. Sources of Necessity

9216	Each area of enquiry, and its source, has its own distinctive type of necessity [Fine,K]

13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 7. Testimony

9214	Unsupported testimony may still be believable [Fine,K]

15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 6. Anti-Individualism

8126	Anti-individualism says the environment is involved in the individuation of some mental states [Burge]

8127	Broad concepts suggest an extension of the mind into the environment (less computer-like) [Burge]

16. Persons / C. Self-Awareness / 2. Knowing the Self

8129	Anti-individualism may be incompatible with some sorts of self-knowledge [Burge]

17. Mind and Body / C. Functionalism / 1. Functionalism

8131	Some qualities of experience, like blurred vision, have no function at all [Burge]

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

2594	A true cause must involve a necessary connection between cause and effect [Malebranche]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / a. Scientific essentialism

9215	Causation is easier to disrupt than logic, so metaphysics is part of nature, not vice versa [Fine,K]