Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'reports', 'The Idea of the Brain' and 'The Realm of Matter'

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4 ideas

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 6. Criterion for Existence

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The criterion of existence is the possibility of action [Santayana]

10. Modality / A. Necessity / 8. Transcendental Necessity

3016	Even the gods cannot strive against necessity [Pittacus, by Diog. Laertius]

15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 8. Brain

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There is a single mouse neuron which has 862 inputs and 626 outputs [Cobb]

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The brain is not passive, and merely processing inputs; it is active, and intervenes in the world [Cobb]