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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'The Modularity of Mind' and 'What We Owe to Each Other'

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5 ideas

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / d. Non-being

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Not-Being obviously doesn't exist, and the five modes of Being are all impossible [Gorgias, by Diog. Laertius]

18. Thought / B. Mechanics of Thought / 3. Modularity of Mind

22186

Mental modules are specialised, automatic, and isolated [Fodor, by Okasha]

19. Language / F. Communication / 1. Rhetoric

9866	Gorgias says rhetoric is the best of arts, because it enslaves without using force [Gorgias, by Plato]

5864	Destroy seriousness with laughter, and laughter with seriousness [Gorgias]

23. Ethics / B. Contract Ethics / 9. Contractualism

20992

Right and wrong concerns what other people cannot reasonably reject [Scanlon]