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All the ideas for 'Folk Psychology', 'Method and Results' and 'Necessary Truth'

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6 ideas

10. Modality / A. Necessity / 11. Denial of Necessity
There is no necessity higher than natural necessity, and that is just regularity [Quine]
17. Mind and Body / A. Mind-Body Dualism / 6. Epiphenomenalism
T.H.Huxley gave the earliest clear statement of epiphenomenalism [Huxley, by Rey]
Brain causes mind, but it doesn't seem that mind causes actions [Huxley]
18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 4. Folk Psychology
If folk psychology gives a network of causal laws, that fits neatly with functionalism [Churchland,PM]
Folk psychology never makes any progress, and is marginalised by modern science [Churchland,PM]
Many mental phenomena are totally unexplained by folk psychology [Churchland,PM]