17 ideas
23326 | In the third century Stoicism died out, replaced by Platonism, with Aristotelian ethics [Frede,M] |
23335 | In late antiquity nearly all philosophers were monotheists [Frede,M] |
16137 | Earlier views of Aristotle were dominated by 'Categories' [Frede,M] |
23249 | The early philosophers thought that reason has its own needs and desires [Frede,M] |
16157 | Insurance on the original ship would hardly be paid out if the plank version was wrecked! [Frede,M] |
2986 | Belief is the most important propositional attitude [Lyons] |
2978 | Consciousness no longer seems essential to intentionality [Lyons] |
23337 | The Stoics needed free will, to allow human choices in a divinely providential cosmos [Frede,M] |
23334 | For Christians man has free will by creation in God's image (as in Genesis) [Frede,M] |
23333 | The idea of free will achieved universal acceptance because of Christianity [Frede,M] |
2984 | Perceptions could give us information without symbolic representation [Lyons] |
2979 | Propositional attitudes require representation [Lyons] |
2987 | Folk psychology works badly for alien cultures [Lyons] |
2977 | All thinking has content [Lyons] |
23336 | There is no will for Plato or Aristotle, because actions come directly from perception of what is good [Frede,M] |
5996 | Critolaus redefined Aristotle's moral aim as fulfilment instead of happiness [Critolaus, by White,SA] |
23313 | The Gnostic demiurge (creator) is deluded, and doesn't care about us [Frede,M] |