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All the ideas for 'I.7 Our deeds are judged by intention', 'Human Freedom and the Self' and 'Presidential Address of Am. Math. Soc'

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5. Theory of Logic / A. Overview of Logic / 2. History of Logic

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We have no adequate logic at the moment, so mathematicians must create one [Veblen]

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

3444	If actions are not caused by other events, and are not causeless, they must be caused by the person [Chisholm]

16. Persons / F. Free Will / 5. Against Free Will

3446	For Hobbes (but not for Kant) a person's actions can be deduced from their desires and beliefs [Chisholm]

9268	If free will miraculously interrupts causation, animals might do that; why would we want to do it? [Frankfurt on Chisholm]

20. Action / C. Motives for Action / 4. Responsibility for Actions

3442	Responsibility seems to conflict with events being either caused or not caused [Chisholm]

3443	Desires may rule us, but are we responsible for our desires? [Chisholm]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / g. Moral responsibility

7496	Rules and duties are based on the will, as that is all we control [Montaigne]

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 8. Particular Causation / b. Causal relata

3445	Causation among objects relates either events or states [Chisholm]