6 ideas
9182 | Ancient names like 'Obadiah' depend on tradition, not on where the name originated [Dummett] |
7876 | Even if we identify pain with neural events, we can't explain why those neurons cause that feeling [Levine, by Papineau] |
7877 | Only phenomenal states have an explanatory gap; water is fully explained by H2O [Levine, by Papineau] |
7878 | Materialism won't explain phenomenal properties, because the latter aren't seen in causal roles [Papineau on Levine] |
9181 | The causal theory of reference can't distinguish just hearing a name from knowing its use [Dummett] |
6011 | There is a remote first god (the Good), and a second god who organises the material world [Numenius, by O'Meara] |