22 ideas
2546 | Philosophy is a magnificent failure in its attempt to overstep the limits of our knowledge [McGinn] |
5331 | You can't infer that because you have a hidden birth-mark, everybody else does [Ayer] |
2544 | Thoughts have a dual aspect: as they seem to introspection, and their underlying logical reality [McGinn] |
2611 | It is currently held that quantifying over something implies belief in its existence [Ayer] |
16520 | We see properties necessary for a kind (in the definition), but not for an individual [Ayer] |
3016 | Even the gods cannot strive against necessity [Pittacus, by Diog. Laertius] |
2613 | The theory of other minds has no rival [Ayer] |
5328 | Originally I combined a mentalistic view of introspection with a behaviouristic view of other minds [Ayer] |
5330 | Physicalism undercuts the other mind problem, by equating experience with 'public' brain events [Ayer] |
2539 | Mental modules for language, social, action, theory, space, emotion [McGinn] |
5325 | Is something an 'experience' because it relates to other experiences, or because it relates to a subject? [Ayer] |
5326 | Qualia must be united by a subject, because they lead to concepts and judgements [Ayer] |
5324 | Bodily identity and memory work together to establish personal identity [Ayer] |
5322 | Self-consciousness is not basic, because experiences are not instrinsically marked with ownership [Ayer] |
5327 | Temporal gaps in the consciousness of a spirit could not be bridged by memories [Ayer] |
2545 | Free will is mental causation in action [McGinn] |
2543 | Brains aren't made of anything special, suggesting panpsychism [McGinn] |
2540 | Examining mind sees no brain; examining brain sees no mind [McGinn] |
5329 | Why shouldn't we say brain depends on mind? Better explanation! [Ayer] |
2547 | There is information if there are symbols which refer, and which can combine into a truth or falsehood [McGinn] |
2610 | Talk of propositions is just shorthand for talking about equivalent sentences [Ayer] |
2542 | Causation in the material world is energy-transfer, of motion, electricity or gravity [McGinn] |