14 ideas
8732 | It is spooky the way mathematics anticipates physics [Weinberg] |
2534 | Mindless bodies are zombies, bodiless minds are ghosts [Sturgeon] |
2537 | Types are properties, and tokens are events. Are they split between mental and physical, or not? [Sturgeon] |
23514 | The cerbellum has a huge number of neurons, but little involvement in consciousness [Seth] |
23513 | Single neurons can carry out complex functions [Seth] |
23516 | Maybe a system is conscious if the whole generates more information than its parts [Seth] |
2532 | Intentionality isn't reducible, because of its experiential aspect [Sturgeon] |
23519 | The self is embodied, perspectival, volitional, narrative and social [Seth, by PG] |
2533 | Rule-following can't be reduced to the physical [Sturgeon] |
2535 | The main argument for physicalism is its simple account of causation [Sturgeon] |
23518 | Modern AI is mostly machine-based pattern recognition [Seth] |
2536 | Do facts cause thoughts, or embody them, or what? [Sturgeon] |
23517 | Volition is felt as doing what you want, with possible alternatives, and a source from within [Seth] |
23515 | Human exceptionalism plagues biology, and most other human thinking [Seth] |