Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Kenelm Digby, Daniel C. Dennett and Slavoj Zizek
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15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 1. Mind / e. Questions about mind
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Minds are hard-wired, or trial-and-error, or experimental, or full self-aware [Dennett, by Heil]
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15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 1. Consciousness / a. Consciousness
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Does consciousness need the concept of consciousness? [Dennett]
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We can't draw a clear line between conscious and unconscious [Dennett]
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Perhaps the brain doesn't 'fill in' gaps in consciousness if no one is looking. [Dennett]
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Sentience comes in grades from robotic to super-human; we only draw a line for moral reasons [Dennett]
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15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 1. Consciousness / c. Parts of consciousness
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Maybe language is crucial to consciousness [Dennett]
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15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 1. Consciousness / d. Purpose of consciousness
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Consciousness is a malfunction of evolution [Zizek]
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15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 1. Consciousness / e. Cause of consciousness
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Conscious events can only be explained in terms of unconscious events [Dennett]
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15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 3. Privacy
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We can know a lot of what it is like to be a bat, and nothing important is unknown [Dennett]
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15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 4. Intentionality / b. Intentionality theories
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Theories of intentionality presuppose rationality, so can't explain it [Dennett]
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Unconscious intentionality is the foundation of the mind [Dennett]
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15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 5. Qualia / a. Nature of qualia
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Dennett denies the existence of qualia [Dennett, by Lowe]
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What is it like to notice an uncomfortable position when you are asleep? [Dennett]
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15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 5. Qualia / c. Explaining qualia
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"Qualia" can be replaced by complex dispositional brain states [Dennett]
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Obviously there can't be a functional anaylsis of qualia if they are defined by intrinsic properties [Dennett]
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15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 6. Inverted Qualia
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We can't assume that dispositions will remain normal when qualia have been inverted [Dennett]
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15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 7. Blindsight
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In peripheral vision we see objects without their details, so blindsight is not that special [Dennett]
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Blindsight subjects glean very paltry information [Dennett]
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