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All the ideas for 'A Puzzle about Belief', 'That Politics may be reduced to a Science' and 'Intro to 'Essays on Actions and Events''

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7 ideas

17. Mind and Body / E. Mind as Physical / 5. Causal Argument

6383	Cause unites our picture of the universe; without it, mental and physical will separate [Davidson]

18. Thought / B. Mechanics of Thought / 5. Mental Files

16383

Puzzled Pierre has two mental files about the same object [Recanati on Kripke]

20. Action / B. Preliminaries of Action / 2. Willed Action / d. Weakness of will

6385	The causally strongest reason may not be the reason the actor judges to be best [Davidson]

20. Action / C. Motives for Action / 3. Acting on Reason / a. Practical reason

6384	The notion of cause is essential to acting for reasons, intentions, agency, akrasia, and free will [Davidson]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 4. External Goods / d. Friendship

21093

Friendship without community spirit misses out on the main part of virtue [Hume]

24. Political Theory / B. Nature of a State / 3. Constitutions

21091

It would be absurd if even a free constitution did not impose restraints, for the public good [Hume]

24. Political Theory / C. Ruling a State / 2. Leaders / d. Elites

21092

Nobility either share in the power of the whole, or they compose the power of the whole [Hume]