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All the ideas for 'Philosophy of Mind: 1950-2000', 'Calculus Ratiocinator' and 'Metaphysical conseqs of principle of reason'

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8 ideas

5. Theory of Logic / E. Structures of Logic / 1. Logical Form
8132 We now have a much more sophisticated understanding of logical form in language [Burge]
7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 6. Fundamentals / c. Monads
5060 All substances analyse down to simple substances, which are souls, or 'monads' [Leibniz]
11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 3. Idealism / a. Idealism
12742 A whole is just its parts, but there are no smallest parts, so only minds and perceptions exist [Leibniz]
15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 6. Anti-Individualism
8126 Anti-individualism says the environment is involved in the individuation of some mental states [Burge]
8127 Broad concepts suggest an extension of the mind into the environment (less computer-like) [Burge]
16. Persons / C. Self-Awareness / 2. Knowing the Self
8129 Anti-individualism may be incompatible with some sorts of self-knowledge [Burge]
17. Mind and Body / C. Functionalism / 1. Functionalism
8131 Some qualities of experience, like blurred vision, have no function at all [Burge]
26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 3. Final causes
5059 Power rules in efficient causes, but wisdom rules in connecting them to final causes [Leibniz]