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All the ideas for 'Substances without Substrata', 'Semantics for Natural Languages' and 'Method and Results'

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17. Mind and Body / A. Mind-Body Dualism / 6. Epiphenomenalism

3157	T.H.Huxley gave the earliest clear statement of epiphenomenalism [Huxley, by Rey]

3154	Brain causes mind, but it doesn't seem that mind causes actions [Huxley]

19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 4. Meaning as Truth-Conditions

15160

Davidson rejected ordinary meaning, and just used truth and reference instead [Davidson, by Soames]

14612

Davidson aimed to show that language is structured by first-order logic [Davidson, by Smart]

19. Language / F. Communication / 6. Interpreting Language / c. Principle of charity

6316	We translate in a way that makes the largest possible number of statements true [Wilson,NL]