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All the ideas for 'Classical Cosmology (frags)', 'Is Hume's Principle analytic?' and 'Brainchildren'

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10 ideas

10. Modality / D. Knowledge of Modality / 1. A Priori Necessary

2526	Philosophers regularly confuse failures of imagination with insights into necessity [Dennett]

13. Knowledge Criteria / B. Internal Justification / 4. Foundationalism / f. Foundationalism critique

2523	That every mammal has a mother is a secure reality, but without foundations [Dennett]

15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 1. Consciousness / a. Consciousness

2528	Does consciousness need the concept of consciousness? [Dennett]

15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 1. Consciousness / c. Parts of consciousness

2525	Maybe language is crucial to consciousness [Dennett]

15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 4. Intentionality / b. Intentionality theories

2527	Unconscious intentionality is the foundation of the mind [Dennett]

17. Mind and Body / C. Functionalism / 1. Functionalism

2530	Could a robot be made conscious just by software? [Dennett]

18. Thought / B. Mechanics of Thought / 4. Language of Thought

2524	A language of thought doesn't explain content [Dennett]

18. Thought / D. Concepts / 5. Concepts and Language / c. Concepts without language

2529	Maybe there can be non-conscious concepts (e.g. in bees) [Dennett]

18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 7. Abstracta by Equivalence

8693	An 'abstraction principle' says two things are identical if they are 'equivalent' in some respect [Boolos]

27. Natural Reality / E. Cosmology / 1. Cosmology

5994	Is the cosmos open or closed, mechanical or teleological, alive or inanimate, and created or eternal? [Robinson,TM, by PG]