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All the ideas for 'Letters to Schlick', 'Intro to 'Self-Representational Consciousness'' and 'Conditionals and Possibilia'

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7 ideas

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 8. Conditionals / c. Truth-function conditionals
13858 The truth-functional account of conditionals is right, if the antecedent is really acceptable [Jackson, by Edgington]
15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 1. Consciousness / e. Cause of consciousness
9312 Consciousness is reductively explained either by how it represents, or how it is represented [Kriegel/Williford]
9315 Red tomato experiences are conscious if the state represents the tomato and itself [Kriegel/Williford]
9313 Experiences can be represented consciously or unconsciously, so representation won't explain consciousness [Kriegel/Williford]
9316 How is self-representation possible, does it produce a regress, and is experience like that? [Kriegel/Williford]
15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 1. Consciousness / f. Higher-order thought
9314 Unfortunately, higher-order representations could involve error [Kriegel/Williford]
19. Language / F. Communication / 6. Interpreting Language / a. Translation
18285 All translation loses some content (but language does not create reality) [Carnap]