8 ideas
5500 | Biologists see many organic levels, 'abstract' if seen from below, 'structural' if seen from above [Lycan] |
12251 | Substantial forms are not understood, and explain nothing [Descartes] |
5494 | 'Lightning is electric discharge' and 'Phosphorus is Venus' are synthetic a posteriori identities [Lycan] |
3016 | Even the gods cannot strive against necessity [Pittacus, by Diog. Laertius] |
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] |
5501 | People are trying to explain biological teleology in naturalistic causal terms [Lycan] |
16772 | An angelic mind would not experience pain, even when connected to a human body [Descartes, by Pasnau] |