Combining Philosophers
Ideas for H.Putnam/P.Oppenheim, Leslie H. Tharp and Daniel C. Dennett
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17. Mind and Body / A. Mind-Body Dualism / 6. Epiphenomenalism
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If an epiphenomenon has no physical effects, it has to be undetectable [Dennett]
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17. Mind and Body / A. Mind-Body Dualism / 8. Dualism of Mind Critique
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Dualism wallows in mystery, and to accept it is to give up [Dennett]
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17. Mind and Body / B. Behaviourism / 3. Intentional Stance
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If mind is just an explanation, the explainer must have beliefs [Rey on Dennett]
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The 'intentional stance' is a way of interpreting an entity by assuming it is rational and self-aware [Dennett]
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Beliefs and desires aren't real; they are prediction techniques [Dennett]
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The active self is a fiction created because we are ignorant of our motivations [Dennett]
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17. Mind and Body / C. Functionalism / 1. Functionalism
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Could a robot be made conscious just by software? [Dennett]
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17. Mind and Body / C. Functionalism / 6. Homuncular Functionalism
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All functionalism is 'homuncular', of one grain size or another [Dennett]
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We descend from robots, and our intentionality is composed of billions of crude intentional systems [Dennett]
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17. Mind and Body / E. Mind as Physical / 1. Physical Mind
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There is no more anger in adrenaline than silliness in a bottle of whiskey [Dennett]
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17. Mind and Body / E. Mind as Physical / 2. Reduction of Mind
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Intelligent agents are composed of nested homunculi, of decreasing intelligence, ending in machines [Dennett]
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17. Mind and Body / E. Mind as Physical / 3. Eliminativism
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I don't deny consciousness; it just isn't what people think it is [Dennett]
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Visual experience is composed of neural activity, which we find pleasing [Dennett]
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It is arbitrary to say which moment of brain processing is conscious [Dennett]
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Maybe there is a minimum brain speed for supporting a mind [Dennett]
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17. Mind and Body / E. Mind as Physical / 7. Anti-Physicalism / b. Multiple realisability
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The materials for a mind only matter because of speed, and a need for transducers and effectors [Dennett]
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