Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Menedemus, Alan Turing and Henri Bergson

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8 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 6. Hopes for Philosophy

8226	A well-posed problem is a problem solved [Bergson, by Deleuze/Guattari]

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / c. Becoming

21846

Bergson was a rallying point, because he emphasised becomings and multiplicities [Bergson, by Deleuze]

12. Knowledge Sources / E. Direct Knowledge / 4. Memory

21854

Bergson showed that memory is not after the event, but coexists with it [Bergson, by Deleuze]

17. Mind and Body / E. Mind as Physical / 5. Causal Argument

22100

Experienced time means no two mental moments are ever alike [Bergson]

18. Thought / B. Mechanics of Thought / 6. Artificial Thought / b. Turing Machines

3193	Turing showed that logical rules can be specified computationally and mechanically [Turing, by Rey]

3979	The Turing Machine is the best idea yet about how the mind works [Fodor on Turing]

18. Thought / B. Mechanics of Thought / 6. Artificial Thought / c. Turing Test

5321	In 50 years computers will successfully imitate humans with a 70% success rate [Turing]

23. Ethics / A. Egoism / 1. Ethical Egoism

3031	The greatest good is not the achievement of desire, but to desire what is proper [Menedemus, by Diog. Laertius]