12 ideas
291 | Don't assume that wisdom is the automatic consequence of old age [Plato] |
6021 | It is only when we say a proposition that we speak truly or falsely [Sext.Empiricus] |
6020 | 'Man is a rational mortal animal' is equivalent to 'if something is a man, that thing is a rational mortal animal' [Sext.Empiricus] |
5500 | Biologists see many organic levels, 'abstract' if seen from below, 'structural' if seen from above [Lycan] |
5494 | 'Lightning is electric discharge' and 'Phosphorus is Venus' are synthetic a posteriori identities [Lycan] |
6026 | How can you investigate without some preconception of your object? [Sext.Empiricus] |
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] |
6032 | Right actions, once done, are those with a reasonable justification [Sext.Empiricus] |
293 | Being unafraid (perhaps through ignorance) and being brave are two different things [Plato] |
5501 | People are trying to explain biological teleology in naturalistic causal terms [Lycan] |
1517 | The tektraktys (1+2+3+4=10) is the 'fount of ever-flowing nature' [Sext.Empiricus] |