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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'There is no question of physicalism' and 'Aesthetics'

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9 ideas

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 6. Physicalism

7855	Some suggest that materialism is empty, because 'physical' cannot be properly characterized [Mellor/Crane, by Papineau]

15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 3. Mental Causation

6120	Causation depends on intrinsic properties [Mellor/Crane]

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

6121	There are many psychophysicals laws - about the effects of sweets, colours and soft cushions [Mellor/Crane]

17. Mind and Body / E. Mind as Physical / 7. Anti-Physicalism / a. Physicalism critique

6122	No defences of physicalism can deprive psychology of the ontological authority of other sciences [Mellor/Crane]

21. Aesthetics / A. Aesthetic Experience / 1. Aesthetics

8108	Aesthetics presupposes a distinctive sort of experience, and a unified essence for art [Gardner]

21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 7. Ontology of Art

8112	Art works originate in the artist's mind, and appreciation is re-creating this mental object [Gardner]

21. Aesthetics / C. Artistic Issues / 5. Objectivism in Art

8111	Aesthetic objectivists must explain pleasure being essential, but not in the object [Gardner]

21. Aesthetics / C. Artistic Issues / 7. Art and Morality

468	Musical performance can reveal a range of virtues [Damon of Ath.]

22. Metaethics / B. Value / 1. Nature of Value / d. Subjective value

8109	Aesthetic judgements necessarily require first-hand experience, unlike moral judgements [Gardner]