14 ideas
7910 | Pursue truth with the urgency of someone whose clothes are on fire [Ashvaghosha] |
9327 | Organisms understand their worlds better if they understand themselves [Gulick] |
3653 | My Meditations are the complete foundation of my physics [Descartes] |
4736 | Truth is such a transcendentally clear notion that it cannot be further defined [Descartes] |
9325 | In contrast with knowledge, the notion of understanding emphasizes practical engagement [Gulick] |
9326 | Knowing-that is a much richer kind of knowing-how [Gulick] |
9319 | Is consciousness a type of self-awareness, or is being self-aware a way of being conscious? [Gulick] |
9320 | Higher-order theories divide over whether the higher level involves thought or perception [Gulick] |
9321 | Higher-order models reduce the problem of consciousness to intentionality [Gulick] |
9322 | Maybe qualia only exist at the lower level, and a higher-level is needed for what-it-is-like [Gulick] |
9324 | From the teleopragmatic perspective, life is largely an informational process [Gulick] |
7909 | The Eightfold Path concerns morality, wisdom, and tranquillity [Ashvaghosha] |
3652 | I can't prove the soul is indestructible, only that it is separate from the mortal body [Descartes] |
7908 | At the end of a saint, he is not located in space, but just ceases to be disturbed [Ashvaghosha] |