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All the ideas for 'reports', 'Popular Scientific Lectures' and 'Intro to 'Self-Representational Consciousness''

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7 ideas

1. Philosophy / G. Scientific Philosophy / 2. Positivism

15873

Laws of nature are just records of regularities and correlations, with concepts to make recording them easier [Mach, by Harré]

10. Modality / A. Necessity / 8. Transcendental Necessity

3016	Even the gods cannot strive against necessity [Pittacus, by Diog. Laertius]

15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 1. Consciousness / e. Cause of consciousness

9312	Consciousness is reductively explained either by how it represents, or how it is represented [Kriegel/Williford]

9315	Red tomato experiences are conscious if the state represents the tomato and itself [Kriegel/Williford]

9313	Experiences can be represented consciously or unconsciously, so representation won't explain consciousness [Kriegel/Williford]

9316	How is self-representation possible, does it produce a regress, and is experience like that? [Kriegel/Williford]

15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 1. Consciousness / f. Higher-order thought

9314	Unfortunately, higher-order representations could involve error [Kriegel/Williford]