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All the ideas for 'Letters to Regius', 'Tractatus de corpore Christi' and 'Recent Work on Consciousness'

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7 ideas

2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 6. Ockham's Razor
16676 Why use more things when fewer will do? [William of Ockham]
9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 15. Against Essentialism
12251 Substantial forms are not understood, and explain nothing [Descartes]
15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 3. Privacy
7522 A full neural account of qualia will give new epistemic access to them, beyond private experience [Churchlands]
15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 5. Qualia / c. Explaining qualia
7521 It is question-begging to assume that qualia are totally simple, hence irreducible [Churchlands]
7523 The qualia Hard Problem is easy, in comparison with the co-ordination of mental states [Churchlands]
26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 7. Later Matter Theories / b. Corpuscles
16675 Every extended material substance is composed of parts distant from one another [William of Ockham]
29. Religion / B. Monotheistic Religion / 4. Christianity / c. Angels
16772 An angelic mind would not experience pain, even when connected to a human body [Descartes, by Pasnau]