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All the ideas for 'On Man (lost)', 'Letter to Clerk Maxwell' and 'Freedom to Act'

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6 ideas

19. Language / F. Communication / 3. Denial

1554	Contradiction is impossible, since only one side of the argument refers to the true facts [Prodicus, by Didymus the Blind]

20. Action / C. Motives for Action / 3. Acting on Reason / c. Reasons as causes

19698

Deviant causal chain: a reason causes an action, but isn't the reason for which it was performed [Davidson, by Neta]

27. Natural Reality / A. Classical Physics / 1. Mechanics / c. Forces

15313

By 'force' I mean the sources of all actions - sometimes called 'powers' by their outcomes [Breheny]

28. God / B. Proving God / 3. Proofs of Evidence / c. Teleological Proof critique

1555	People used to think anything helpful to life was a god, as the Egyptians think the Nile a god [Prodicus]

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

535	The gods are just personified human benefits [Prodicus]

1543	He denied the existence of the gods, saying they are just exaltations of things useful for life [Prodicus]