Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Thrasymachus, Joseph Levine and James Joule

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6 ideas

17. Mind and Body / E. Mind as Physical / 7. Anti-Physicalism / d. Explanatory gap
Even if we identify pain with neural events, we can't explain why those neurons cause that feeling [Levine, by Papineau]
Only phenomenal states have an explanatory gap; water is fully explained by H2O [Levine, by Papineau]
Materialism won't explain phenomenal properties, because the latter aren't seen in causal roles [Papineau on Levine]
27. Natural Reality / A. Classical Physics / 2. Thermodynamics / b. Heat
Joule showed that energy converts to heat, and heat to energy [Joule, by Papineau]
Heat is a state of vibration, not a substance [Joule]
28. God / C. Attitudes to God / 3. Deism
Clearly the gods ignore human affairs, or they would have given us justice [Thrasymachus]