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| 6161 | Structuralism is neo-Kantian idealism, with language playing the role of categories of understanding |
| 6163 | If bivalence is rejected, then excluded middle must also be rejected |
| 6155 | Supervenience is a one-way relation of dependence or determination between properties |
| 6154 | It is argued that wholes possess modal and counterfactual properties that parts lack |
| 6157 | Tokens are dated, concrete particulars; types are their general properties or kinds |
| 6159 | Strong idealism is the sort of mess produced by a Cartesian separation of mind and world |
| 6152 | Minds are rational, conscious, subjective, self-knowing, free, meaningful and self-aware |
| 6173 | Content externalism implies that we do not have privileged access to our own minds |
| 6174 | If someone is secretly transported to Twin Earth, others know their thoughts better than they do |
| 6158 | Supervenience of mental and physical properties often comes with token-identity of mental and physical particulars |
| 6168 | The content of a thought is just the meaning of a sentence |
| 6167 | Action is bodily movement caused by intentional states |
| 6177 | Moral intuition seems unevenly distributed between people |
| 6156 | The 17th century reintroduced atoms as mathematical modes of Euclidean space |
| 6170 | Natural kinds are defined by their real essence, as in gold having atomic number 79 |
| 6178 | It is common to see the value of nature in one feature, such as life, diversity, or integrity |