Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Paul J. Cohen, Stilpo and Anil Seth

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9 ideas

6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 10. Constructivism / a. Constructivism

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We could accept the integers as primitive, then use sets to construct the rest [Cohen]

15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 8. Brain

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Single neurons can carry out complex functions [Seth]

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The cerbellum has a huge number of neurons, but little involvement in consciousness [Seth]

15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 1. Consciousness / e. Cause of consciousness

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Maybe a system is conscious if the whole generates more information than its parts [Seth]

16. Persons / C. Self-Awareness / 2. Knowing the Self

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The self is embodied, perspectival, volitional, narrative and social [Seth, by PG]

18. Thought / B. Mechanics of Thought / 6. Artificial Thought / a. Artificial Intelligence

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Modern AI is mostly machine-based pattern recognition [Seth]

20. Action / B. Preliminaries of Action / 2. Willed Action / a. Will to Act

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Volition is felt as doing what you want, with possible alternatives, and a source from within [Seth]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / d. Biological ethics

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Human exceptionalism plagues biology, and most other human thinking [Seth]

28. God / C. Attitudes to God / 5. Atheism

3029	Stilpo said if Athena is a daughter of Zeus, then a statue is only the child of a sculptor, and so is not a god [Stilpo, by Diog. Laertius]