Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Peter Geach, Oswald Veblen and Gilbert Harman

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15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 6. Anti-Individualism

12602

There is no natural border between inner and outer [Harman]

12603

We can only describe mental attitudes in relation to the external world [Harman]

15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 5. Qualia / b. Qualia and intentionality

8130	Qualities of experience are just representational aspects of experience ('Representationalism') [Harman, by Burge]

15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 5. Qualia / c. Explaining qualia

12601

The way things look is a relational matter, not an intrinsic matter [Harman]

15. Nature of Minds / C. Capacities of Minds / 3. Abstraction by mind

8775	A big flea is a small animal, so 'big' and 'small' cannot be acquired by abstraction [Geach]

8776	We cannot learn relations by abstraction, because their converse must be learned too [Geach]

15. Nature of Minds / C. Capacities of Minds / 5. Generalisation by mind

10732

If concepts are just recognitional, then general judgements would be impossible [Geach]