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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'On Simple Theories of a Complex World' and 'Intending'

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7 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]

14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 1. Scientific Theory

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It seems obvious to prefer the simpler of two theories, on grounds of beauty and convenience [Quine]

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There are four suspicious reasons why we prefer simpler theories [Quine]

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]

20. Action / B. Preliminaries of Action / 1. Intention to Act / a. Nature of intentions

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An intending is a judgement that the action is desirable [Davidson]

20. Action / B. Preliminaries of Action / 1. Intention to Act / c. Reducing intentions

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Davidson gave up reductive accounts of intention, and said it was a primitive [Davidson, by Wilson/Schpall]