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All the ideas for 'Brain Bisection and Unity of Consciousness', 'Anthropological Studies of Classification' and 'Philosophy without Intuitions'

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8 ideas

2. Reason / E. Argument / 7. Thought Experiments

20183

So-called 'though experiments' are just philosophers observing features of the world [Cappelen]

7. Existence / E. Categories / 1. Categories

10496

Monothetic categories have fixed defining features, and polythetic categories do not [Ellen]

10497

In symbolic classification, the categories are linked to rules [Ellen]

7. Existence / E. Categories / 5. Category Anti-Realism

10495

Continuous experience sometimes needs imposition of boundaries to create categories [Ellen]

12. Knowledge Sources / E. Direct Knowledge / 2. Intuition

20182

The word 'intuitive' often plays not role at all in arguments, and can be removed [Cappelen]

13. Knowledge Criteria / E. Relativism / 4. Cultural relativism

10498

Classification is no longer held to be rooted in social institutions [Ellen]

15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 5. Unity of Mind

2957	Brain bisection suggests unity of mind isn't all-or-nothing [Nagel, by Lockwood]

16. Persons / B. Nature of the Self / 4. Presupposition of Self

3285	We may be unable to abandon personal identity, even when split-brains have undermined it [Nagel]