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All the ideas for 'Letters to a German Princess', 'Philosophia Epicurea' and 'Minds, Brains and Science'

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5 ideas

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 2. Hylomorphism / b. Form as principle

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Form is the principle that connects a thing's constitution (rather than being operative) [Hill,N]

17. Mind and Body / C. Functionalism / 7. Chinese Room

2427	Maybe understanding doesn't need consciousness, despite what Searle seems to think [Searle, by Chalmers]

7389	A program won't contain understanding if it is small enough to imagine [Dennett on Searle]

7390	If bigger and bigger brain parts can't understand, how can a whole brain? [Dennett on Searle]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 1. Laws of Nature

5467	Euler said nature is instrinsically passive, and minds cause change [Euler, by Ellis]