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All the ideas for 'The Roots of Reference', 'Folk Psychology' and 'Principle of Life and Plastic Natures'

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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 3. Powers as Derived
14296 Dispositions are physical states of mechanism; when known, these replace the old disposition term [Quine]
12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 1. Perception
19419 Not all of perception is accompanied by consciousness [Leibniz]
17. Mind and Body / A. Mind-Body Dualism / 5. Parallelism
19421 Souls act as if there were no bodies, and bodies act as if there were no souls [Leibniz]
18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 4. Folk Psychology
7518 If folk psychology gives a network of causal laws, that fits neatly with functionalism [Churchland,PM]
7520 Folk psychology never makes any progress, and is marginalised by modern science [Churchland,PM]
7519 Many mental phenomena are totally unexplained by folk psychology [Churchland,PM]
22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / e. Death
19420 Death and generation are just transformations of an animal, augmented or diminished [Leibniz]
26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 7. Later Matter Theories / a. Early Modern matter
19416 Not all of matter is animated, any more than a pond full of living fish is animated [Leibniz]
19422 Every particle of matter contains organic bodies [Leibniz]
28. God / B. Proving God / 3. Proofs of Evidence / a. Cosmological Proof
19418 Mechanics shows that all motion originates in other motion, so there is a Prime Mover [Leibniz]
28. God / B. Proving God / 3. Proofs of Evidence / b. Teleological Proof
19417 All substances are in harmony, even though separate, so they must have one divine cause [Leibniz]