9 ideas
2945 | Most philosophers start with reality and then examine knowledge; Descartes put the study of knowledge first [Lehrer] |
2946 | You cannot demand an analysis of a concept without knowing the purpose of the analysis [Lehrer] |
9329 | Justification is coherence with a background system; if irrefutable, it is knowledge [Lehrer] |
20653 | Six reduction levels: groups, lives, cells, molecules, atoms, particles [Putnam/Oppenheim, by Watson] |
9330 | Generalization seems to be more fundamental to minds than spotting similarities [Lehrer] |
1394 | Can the mental elements of a 'bundle' exist on their own? [Carruthers] |
1395 | Why would a thought be a member of one bundle rather than another? [Carruthers] |
9328 | All conscious states can be immediately known when attention is directed to them [Lehrer] |
1396 | We identify persons before identifying conscious states [Carruthers] |