Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Roger Penrose, Hippias and W Wimsatt/W Beardsley

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13. Knowledge Criteria / E. Relativism / 2. Knowledge as Convention

1556	By nature people are close to one another, but culture drives them apart [Hippias]

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

4921	Quantum states in microtubules could bind brain activity to produce consciousness [Penrose]

21. Aesthetics / C. Artistic Issues / 1. Artistic Intentions

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Intentions either succeed or fail, so external evidence for them is always irrelevant [Wimsatt/Beardsley, by Davies,S]

7266	The author's intentions are irrelevant to the judgement of a work's success [Wimsatt/Beardsley]

7268	The thoughts of a poem should be imputed to the dramatic speaker, and hardly at all to the poet [Wimsatt/Beardsley]

7267	Poetry, unlike messages, can be successful without communicating intentions [Wimsatt/Beardsley]

7269	The intentional fallacy is a romantic one [Wimsatt/Beardsley]

7271	Biography can reveal meanings and dramatic character, as well as possible intentions [Wimsatt/Beardsley]