12 ideas
9327 | Organisms understand their worlds better if they understand themselves [Gulick] |
16669 | Everything that exists is either a being, or some mode of a being [Malebranche] |
9325 | In contrast with knowledge, the notion of understanding emphasizes practical engagement [Gulick] |
9326 | Knowing-that is a much richer kind of knowing-how [Gulick] |
9319 | Is consciousness a type of self-awareness, or is being self-aware a way of being conscious? [Gulick] |
9320 | Higher-order theories divide over whether the higher level involves thought or perception [Gulick] |
9321 | Higher-order models reduce the problem of consciousness to intentionality [Gulick] |
9322 | Maybe qualia only exist at the lower level, and a higher-level is needed for what-it-is-like [Gulick] |
9141 | Abstraction theories build mathematics out of second-order equivalence principles [Cook/Ebert] |
12726 | In a true cause we see a necessary connection [Malebranche] |
2594 | A true cause must involve a necessary connection between cause and effect [Malebranche] |
9324 | From the teleopragmatic perspective, life is largely an informational process [Gulick] |