Ideas of Michael Lockwood, by Theme

[British, 1945 - 2018, Taught by A.J.Ayer. Of Green College, Oxford, and Director of Philosophy at Rewley House, Oxford.]

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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 7. Despair over Philosophy

2956	There is nothing so obvious that a philosopher cannot be found to deny it

1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 3. Analysis of Preconditions

2963	There may only be necessary and sufficient conditions (and counterfactuals) because we intervene in the world

1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 7. Limitations of Analysis

2958	No one has ever succeeded in producing an acceptable non-trivial analysis of anything

3. Truth / C. Correspondence Truth / 3. Correspondence Truth critique

2959	If something is described in two different ways, is that two facts, or one fact presented in two ways?

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 1. Realism

2969	How does a direct realist distinguish a building from Buckingham Palace?

11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 4. Belief / f. Animal beliefs

2970	Dogs seem to have beliefs, and beliefs require concepts

12. Knowledge Sources / D. Empiricism / 1. Empiricism

2961	Empiricism is a theory of meaning as well as of knowledge

12. Knowledge Sources / E. Direct Knowledge / 1. Common Sense

2960	Commonsense realism must account for the similarity of genuine perceptions and known illusions

15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 8. Brain

2952	A 1988 estimate gave the brain 3 x 10-to-the-14 synaptic junctions

15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 2. Unconscious Mind

2964	How come unconscious states also cause behaviour?

2951	Could there be unconscious beliefs and desires?

15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 7. Blindsight

2953	Fish may operate by blindsight

16. Persons / C. Self-Awareness / 1. Introspection

2967	We might even learn some fundamental physics from introspection

17. Mind and Body / A. Mind-Body Dualism / 3. Panpsychism

2966	Can phenomenal qualities exist unsensed?

17. Mind and Body / A. Mind-Body Dualism / 8. Dualism of Mind Critique

2955	If mental events occur in time, then relativity says they are in space

17. Mind and Body / B. Behaviourism / 4. Behaviourism Critique

2950	Only logical positivists ever believed behaviourism

17. Mind and Body / E. Mind as Physical / 3. Eliminativism

2954	Identity theory likes the identity of lightning and electrical discharges

18. Thought / B. Mechanics of Thought / 5. Mental Files

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An identity statement aims at getting the hearer to merge two mental files

19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 5. Meaning as Verification

2971	Perhaps logical positivism showed that there is no dividing line between science and metaphysics

25. Social Practice / F. Life Issues / 3. Abortion

4055	It isn't obviously wicked to destroy a potential human being (e.g. an ununited egg and sperm)

4056	If the soul is held to leave the body at brain-death, it should arrive at the time of brain-creation

4054	I may exist before I become a person, just as I exist before I become an adult

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / b. Nomological causation

2962	Maybe causation is a form of rational explanation, not an observation or a state of mind

27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 1. Nature of Time / b. Relative time

2949	We have the confused idea that time is a process of change