9 ideas
20183 | So-called 'though experiments' are just philosophers observing features of the world [Cappelen] |
6375 | The taste of chocolate is a 'finer-grained' sensation than the taste of sweetness [Polger] |
20182 | The word 'intuitive' often plays not role at all in arguments, and can be removed [Cappelen] |
6381 | The mind and the self are one, and the mind-self is a biological phenomenon [Polger] |
6378 | Teleological functions explain why a trait exists; causal-role functions say what it does [Polger] |
6380 | Identity theory says consciousness is an abstraction: a state, event, process or property [Polger] |
6379 | A mummified heart has the teleological function of circulating blood [Polger] |
6377 | Teleological notions of function say what a thing is supposed to do [Polger] |
1513 | The Egyptians were the first to say the soul is immortal and reincarnated [Herodotus] |