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All the ideas for 'The Roots of Reference', 'Making Mind Matter More' and 'Introduction to 'New Pragmatists''

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2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 5. Objectivity

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Modern pragmatism sees objectivity as possible, despite its gradual evolution [Misak]

8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 3. Powers as Derived

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Dispositions are physical states of mechanism; when known, these replace the old disposition term [Quine]

17. Mind and Body / A. Mind-Body Dualism / 6. Epiphenomenalism

2599	Either intentionality causes things, or epiphenomenalism is true [Fodor]

17. Mind and Body / D. Property Dualism / 2. Anomalous Monism

2597	Contrary to the 'anomalous monist' view, there may well be intentional causal laws [Fodor]

17. Mind and Body / E. Mind as Physical / 7. Anti-Physicalism / b. Multiple realisability

2598	Lots of physical properties are multiply realisable, so why shouldn't beliefs be? [Fodor]