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All the ideas for '67: Platonic Questions', 'thirty titles (lost)' and 'Mirror Mirror - Is That All?'

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11 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / a. Philosophy as worldly

9327	Organisms understand their worlds better if they understand themselves [Gulick]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / c. Types of substance

594	Speusippus suggested underlying principles for every substance, and ended with a huge list [Speussipus, by Aristotle]

11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 2. Understanding

9325	In contrast with knowledge, the notion of understanding emphasizes practical engagement [Gulick]

11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 6. Knowing How

9326	Knowing-that is a much richer kind of knowing-how [Gulick]

15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 2. Psuche

5960	When the soul is intelligent and harmonious, it is part of god and derives from god [Plutarch]

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

9319	Is consciousness a type of self-awareness, or is being self-aware a way of being conscious? [Gulick]

15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 1. Consciousness / f. Higher-order thought

9320	Higher-order theories divide over whether the higher level involves thought or perception [Gulick]

9321	Higher-order models reduce the problem of consciousness to intentionality [Gulick]

9322	Maybe qualia only exist at the lower level, and a higher-level is needed for what-it-is-like [Gulick]

27. Natural Reality / G. Biology / 2. Life

9324	From the teleopragmatic perspective, life is largely an informational process [Gulick]

28. God / C. Attitudes to God / 5. Atheism

2632	Speusippus said things were governed by some animal force rather than the gods [Speussipus, by Cicero]