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All the ideas for 'Through the Looking Glass', 'Does Conceivability Entail Possibility?' and 'works'

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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 3. Nature of Numbers / g. Real numbers

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Descartes showed a one-one order-preserving match between points on a line and the real numbers [Descartes, by Hart,WD]

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / e. Being and nothing

21982

I only wish I had such eyes as to see Nobody! It's as much as I can do to see real people. [Carroll,L]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / e. Substance critique

16774

Descartes thinks distinguishing substances from aggregates is pointless [Descartes, by Pasnau]

10. Modality / D. Knowledge of Modality / 4. Conceivable as Possible / a. Conceivable as possible

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Modal Rationalism: conceivability gives a priori access to modal truths [Chalmers, by Stalnaker]

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Evaluate primary possibility from some world, and secondary possibility from this world [Chalmers, by Vaidya]

12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 3. Representation

7400	Descartes said images can refer to objects without resembling them (as words do) [Descartes, by Tuck]

16. Persons / F. Free Will / 4. For Free Will

4310	We have inner awareness of our freedom [Descartes]

17. Mind and Body / A. Mind-Body Dualism / 2. Interactionism

6553	Descartes discussed the interaction problem, and compared it with gravity [Descartes, by Lycan]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 1. Nature

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Nature is devoid of thought [Descartes, by Meillassoux]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 7. Later Matter Theories / c. Matter as extension

6518	Matter can't just be Descartes's geometry, because a filler of the spaces is needed [Robinson,H on Descartes]