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All the ideas for 'Folk Psychology', 'Sketch for a Theory of the Emotions' and 'The Web of Belief'

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10 ideas

1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 1. Nature of Analysis

8460	Philosophers have given precise senses to deduction, probability, computability etc [Quine/Ullian]

15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 1. Consciousness / b. Essence of consciousness

24016

Consciousness always transcends itself [Sartre]

18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 3. Emotions / a. Nature of emotions

24013

An emotion and its object form a unity, so emotion is a mode of apprehension [Sartre]

24017

Emotion is one of our modes of understanding our Being-in-the-World [Sartre]

18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 3. Emotions / c. Role of emotions

24014

Emotions are a sort of bodily incantation which brings a magic to the world [Sartre]

24015

Emotions makes us believe in and live in a new world [Sartre]

18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 4. Folk Psychology

7518	If folk psychology gives a network of causal laws, that fits neatly with functionalism [Churchland,PM]

7520	Folk psychology never makes any progress, and is marginalised by modern science [Churchland,PM]

7519	Many mental phenomena are totally unexplained by folk psychology [Churchland,PM]

24. Political Theory / B. Nature of a State / 1. Purpose of a State

20491

States have a monopoly of legitimate violence [Sartre, by Wolff,J]