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All the ideas for 'The Roots of Reference', 'Letters to Regius' and 'Interview with Baggini and Stangroom'

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6 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / e. Philosophy as reason

6855	Interesting philosophers hardly every give you explicitly valid arguments [Martin,M]

2. Reason / E. Argument / 1. Argument

6856	Valid arguments can be rejected by challenging the premises or presuppositions [Martin,M]

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]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 15. Against Essentialism

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Substantial forms are not understood, and explain nothing [Descartes]

12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 1. Perception

6857	An error theory of perception says our experience is not as it seems to be [Martin,M]

29. Religion / B. Monotheistic Religion / 4. Christianity / c. Angels

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An angelic mind would not experience pain, even when connected to a human body [Descartes, by Pasnau]