Ideas from 'The Really Hard Problem' by Owen Flanagan [2007], by Theme Structure

[found in 'The Really Hard Problem' by Flanagan,Owen [MIT 2007,978-0-262-06264-0]].

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

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Research suggest that we overrate conscious experience

17. Mind and Body / E. Mind as Physical / 2. Reduction of Mind

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Sensations may be identical to brain events, but complex mental events don't seem to be

22. Metaethics / B. Value / 1. Nature of Value / b. Fact and value

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Morality is normative because it identifies best practices among the normal practices

22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / f. Altruism

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For Darwinians, altruism is either contracts or genetics

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 2. Happiness / b. Eudaimonia

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We need Eudaimonics - the empirical study of how we should flourish

24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 9. Communism

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Alienation is not finding what one wants, or being unable to achieve it

29. Religion / C. Spiritual Disciplines / 3. Buddhism

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Buddhists reject God and the self, and accept suffering as key, and liberation through wisdom