11 ideas
5500 | Biologists see many organic levels, 'abstract' if seen from below, 'structural' if seen from above [Lycan] |
17644 | Metaphysical realism is committed to there being one ultimate true theory [Putnam] |
17648 | It is an illusion to think there could be one good scientific theory of reality [Putnam] |
17643 | Shape is essential relative to 'statue', but not essential relative to 'clay' [Putnam] |
5494 | 'Lightning is electric discharge' and 'Phosphorus is Venus' are synthetic a posteriori identities [Lycan] |
17642 | The old view that sense data are independent of mind is quite dotty [Putnam] |
5496 | Functionalism has three linked levels: physical, functional, and mental [Lycan] |
5499 | A mental state is a functional realisation of a brain state when it serves the purpose of the organism [Lycan] |
467 | A virtue is a combination of intelligence, strength and luck [Ion] |
5501 | People are trying to explain biological teleology in naturalistic causal terms [Lycan] |
17645 | An alien might think oxygen was the main cause of a forest fire [Putnam] |