53 ideas
23948 | Wisdom needs both thought and passion, with each reflecting on the other [Solomon] |
18005 | Philosophy aims to become more disciplined about categories [Ryle] |
23942 | Philosophy is creating an intellectual conceptual structure for life [Solomon] |
23945 | Reason is actually passions, guided by perspicacious reflection [Solomon] |
18004 | We can't do philosophy without knowledge of types and categories [Ryle] |
13985 | A true proposition seems true of one fact, but a false proposition seems true of nothing at all. [Ryle] |
13984 | Two maps might correspond to one another, but they are only 'true' of the country they show [Ryle] |
13979 | Logic studies consequence, compatibility, contradiction, corroboration, necessitation, grounding.... [Ryle] |
17699 | Variables are auxiliary notions, and not part of the 'eternal' essence of logic [Schönfinkel] |
10800 | The values of variables can't determine existence, because they are just expressions [Ryle, by Quine] |
13988 | Many sentences do not state facts, but there are no facts which could not be stated [Ryle] |
14297 | A dispositional property is not a state, but a liability to be in some state, given a condition [Ryle] |
14300 | No physical scientist now believes in an occult force-exerting agency [Ryle] |
13983 | Representation assumes you know the ideas, and the reality, and the relation between the two [Ryle] |
23957 | We often trust our intuitions as rational, despite their lack of reflection [Solomon] |
2622 | Can one movement have a mental and physical cause? [Ryle] |
23943 | Distinguishing reason from passion is based on an archaic 'faculty' theory [Solomon] |
1354 | We cannot introspect states of anger or panic [Ryle] |
1353 | Reporting on myself has the same problems as reporting on you [Ryle] |
2624 | I cannot prepare myself for the next thought I am going to think [Ryle] |
2620 | Dualism is a category mistake [Ryle] |
2388 | Behaviour depends on desires as well as beliefs [Chalmers on Ryle] |
3354 | You can't explain mind as dispositions, if they aren't real [Benardete,JA on Ryle] |
2387 | How can behaviour be the cause of behaviour? [Chalmers on Ryle] |
23952 | I say bodily chemistry and its sensations have nothing to do with emotions [Solomon] |
23954 | Emotions are judgements about ourselves, and our place in the world [Solomon] |
23961 | The heart of an emotion is its judgement of values and morality [Solomon] |
23965 | Emotions can be analysed under fifteen headings [Solomon] |
23960 | Emotions are defined by their objects [Solomon] |
23959 | Some emotions are externally directed, others internally [Solomon] |
23946 | The passions are subjective, concerning what is important to me, rather than facts [Solomon] |
23940 | Emotions are strategies for maximising our sense of dignity and self-esteem [Solomon] |
23949 | Passions exist as emotions, moods and desires, which all generate meaning [Solomon] |
23956 | The Myth of the Passions says they are irrational, uncontrolled and damaging [Solomon] |
23963 | Which emotions we feel depends on our sense of our own powers [Solomon] |
23936 | It is only our passions which give our lives meaning [Solomon] |
23953 | Feeling is a superficial aspect of emotion, and may be indeterminate, or even absent [Solomon] |
23964 | There are no 'basic' emotions, only socially prevalent ones [Solomon] |
23937 | It is reason which needs the anchorage of passions, rather than vice versa [Solomon] |
23947 | Dividing ourselves into confrontational reason and passion destroys our harmonious whole [Solomon] |
23958 | The supposed irrationality of our emotions is often tactless or faulty expression of them [Solomon] |
13980 | If you like judgments and reject propositions, what are the relata of incoherence in a judgment? [Ryle] |
13978 | Husserl and Meinong wanted objective Meanings and Propositions, as subject-matter for Logic [Ryle] |
13977 | When I utter a sentence, listeners grasp both my meaning and my state of mind [Ryle] |
13976 | 'Propositions' name what is thought, because 'thoughts' and 'judgments' are too ambiguous [Ryle] |
13981 | Several people can believe one thing, or make the same mistake, or share one delusion [Ryle] |
13987 | We may think in French, but we don't know or believe in French [Ryle] |
13989 | There are no propositions; they are just sentences, used for thinking, which link to facts in a certain way [Ryle] |
13982 | If we accept true propositions, it is hard to reject false ones, and even nonsensical ones [Ryle] |
23944 | Emotions are our life force, and the source of most of our values [Solomon] |
23962 | Lovers adopt the interests of their beloved, rather than just valuing them [Solomon] |
23941 | 'Absurdity' is just the result of our wrong choices in life [Solomon] |
23955 | Ideologies are mythologies which guide our actions [Solomon] |