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All the ideas for 'Towards a Critique of Hegel's Philosophy', 'Pacidius Philalethi dialogue' and 'The Mental Life of Some Machines'

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9 ideas

1. Philosophy / C. History of Philosophy / 1. History of Philosophy

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All philosophies presuppose their historical moment, and arise from it [Feuerbach]

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / a. Philosophy as worldly

19442

I don't study Plato for his own sake; the primary aim is always understanding [Feuerbach]

2. Reason / C. Styles of Reason / 1. Dialectic

19445

A dialectician has to be his own opponent [Feuerbach]

19444

Each proposition has an antithesis, and truth exists as its refutation [Feuerbach]

3. Truth / A. Truth Problems / 3. Value of Truth

19443

Truth forges an impersonal unity between people [Feuerbach]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 11. Ontological Commitment / e. Ontological commitment problems

19446

To our consciousness it is language which looks unreal [Feuerbach]

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 8. Parts of Objects / a. Parts of objects

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Indivisibles are not parts, but the extrema of parts [Leibniz]

11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 3. Idealism / d. Absolute idealism

19447

The Absolute is the 'and' which unites 'spirit and nature' [Feuerbach]

17. Mind and Body / C. Functionalism / 2. Machine Functionalism

5495	Instances of pain are physical tokens, but the nature of pain is more abstract [Putnam, by Lycan]