7 ideas
291 | Don't assume that wisdom is the automatic consequence of old age [Plato] |
3291 | Emergent properties appear at high levels of complexity, but aren't explainable by the lower levels [Nagel] |
4894 | I say Mary does not have new knowledge, but knows an old fact in a new way [Perry on Jackson] |
4895 | Is it unfair that physicalist knowledge can be written down, but dualist knowledge can't be [Perry on Jackson] |
4886 | Mary knows all the physical facts of seeing red, but experiencing it is new knowledge [Jackson] |
293 | Being unafraid (perhaps through ignorance) and being brave are two different things [Plato] |
3290 | Given the nature of heat and of water, it is literally impossible for water not to boil at the right heat [Nagel] |