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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Freedom and Action' and 'Entity and Identity'

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5 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 3. Philosophy Defined

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Even pointing a finger should only be done for a reason [Epictetus]

9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 2. Abstract Objects / b. Need for abstracta

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We need a logical use of 'object' as predicate-worthy, and an 'ontological' use [Strawson,P]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 3. Individual Essences

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It makes no sense to ask of some individual thing what it is that makes it that individual [Strawson,P]

20. Action / A. Definition of Action / 1. Action Theory

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If a desire leads to a satisfactory result by an odd route, the causal theory looks wrong [Chisholm]

20. Action / B. Preliminaries of Action / 2. Willed Action / c. Agent causation

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There has to be a brain event which is not caused by another event, but by the agent [Chisholm]