Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'Semantics, Conceptual Role', 'Hippocrates of Cos on the mind' and 'The Wealth of Nations'

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4 ideas

17. Mind and Body / E. Mind as Physical / 1. Physical Mind

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All of our happiness and misery arises entirely from the brain [Hippocrates]

19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 7. Meaning Holism / c. Meaning by Role

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The meaning of a representation is its role in thought, perception or decisions [Block]

23. Ethics / B. Contract Ethics / 1. Contractarianism

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People prepare our dinner from their own self-interest, not from humanity [Smith,A]

24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 11. Capitalism

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Selfish profit-seeking increases collective wealth, so greed is good, and egoism is altruism [Smith,A, by Harari]