Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Melvin Fitting, A.J. Ayer and Galen
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15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 1. Mind / c. Features of mind
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The spirit in the soul wants freedom, power and honour [Galen]
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15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 1. Mind / d. Location of mind
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Galen showed by experiment that the brain controls the body [Galen, by Hankinson]
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15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 4. Other Minds / b. Scepticism of other minds
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Other minds are 'metaphysical' objects, because I can never observe their experiences [Ayer]
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Maybe induction could never prove the existence of something unobservable [Ayer]
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15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 4. Other Minds / c. Knowing other minds
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A conscious object is by definition one that behaves in a certain way, so behaviour proves consciousness [Ayer]
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The theory of other minds has no rival [Ayer]
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The argument from analogy fails, so the best account of other minds is behaviouristic [Ayer]
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Originally I combined a mentalistic view of introspection with a behaviouristic view of other minds [Ayer]
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Physicalism undercuts the other mind problem, by equating experience with 'public' brain events [Ayer]
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15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 8. Brain
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Stopping the heart doesn't terminate activity; pressing the brain does that [Galen, by Cobb]
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15. Nature of Minds / C. Capacities of Minds / 1. Faculties
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We just use the word 'faculty' when we don't know the psychological cause [Galen]
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Philosophers think faculties are in substances, and invent a faculty for every activity [Galen]
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