Ideas from 'The Ultimate Constituents of Matter' by Bertrand Russell [1915], by Theme Structure

[found in 'Mysticism and Logic' by Russell,Bertrand [Unwin 1989,0-04-824021-4]].

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4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 8. Critique of Set Theory

7548	Classes, grouped by a convenient property, are logical constructions

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 4. Anti-realism

7545	Visible things are physical and external, but only exist when viewed

12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 4. Sense Data / b. Nature of sense-data

7549	If my body literally lost its mind, the object seen when I see a flash would still exist

7553	Sense-data are purely physical

16. Persons / D. Continuity of the Self / 2. Mental Continuity / b. Self as mental continuity

7546	A man is a succession of momentary men, bound by continuity and causation

17. Mind and Body / E. Mind as Physical / 2. Reduction of Mind

7550	We could probably, in principle, infer minds from brains, and brains from minds

27. Natural Reality / B. Modern Physics / 4. Standard Model / a. Concept of matter

7551	Matter is a logical construction

7547	Matter requires a division into time-corpuscles as well as space-corpuscles

27. Natural Reality / C. Space / 2. Space

7552	Six dimensions are needed for a particular, three within its own space, and three to locate that space