41 ideas
5300 | Philosophers have interpreted the world, but the point is to change it [Marx] |
5297 | Whether human thinking can be 'true' must be decided in practice, not theory [Marx] |
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] |
2532 | Intentionality isn't reducible, because of its experiential aspect [Sturgeon] |
22598 | The authentic self exists at the level of class, rather than the individual [Marx, by Dunt] |
2533 | Rule-following can't be reduced to the physical [Sturgeon] |
2535 | The main argument for physicalism is its simple account of causation [Sturgeon] |
2536 | Do facts cause thoughts, or embody them, or what? [Sturgeon] |
20033 | Intentions are normative, requiring commitment and further plans [Bratman, by Wilson/Schpall] |
20034 | Intentions must be mutually consistent, affirm appropriate means, and fit the agent's beliefs [Bratman, by Wilson/Schpall] |
20026 | Intention is either the aim of an action, or a long-term constraint on what we can do [Bratman, by Wilson/Schpall] |
20032 | Bratman rejected reducing intentions to belief-desire, because they motivate, and have their own standards [Bratman, by Wilson/Schpall] |
5298 | The human essence is not found in individuals but in social relations [Marx] |
23874 | Armies and businesses create moralities in which their activity can do no wrong [Marx, by Weil] |
22001 | The real will of the cooperative will replace the 'will of the people' [Marx] |
21991 | The middle class gain freedom through property, but workers can only free all of humanity [Marx, by Singer] |
21990 | Theory is as much a part of a revolution as material force is [Marx] |
22971 | In moving from capitalism to communism a revolutionary dictatorship of the proletariat is needed [Marx] |
18662 | Liberal freedom is the right to be separate, and ignores the union of man with man [Marx] |
23372 | Liberals want the right to be separate, rather than for people to be united [Marx] |
20576 | Early Marx anticipates communitarian objections to liberalism [Marx, by Oksala] |
21989 | Man is dominated by money, which is the essence of his alienation [Marx] |
21996 | Freedom only comes when labour is no longer necessary [Marx] |
23862 | By saying the material dialectic of history aspires to the best, Marx agreed with capitalism [Weil on Marx] |
21999 | False consciousness results from concealment by the superstructure [Marx, by Singer] |
23875 | Marx says force is everything, and that the weak will become strong, while remaining the weak [Weil on Marx] |
21995 | Must production determine superstructure, or could it be the other way round? [Singer on Marx] |
18653 | Marx rejected equal rights because they never actually treat people as equals [Marx, by Kymlicka] |
20577 | Even decently paid workers still have their produce bought with money stolen from them [Marx] |
22969 | People who only have their labour power are the slaves of those permitting them to work [Marx] |
22000 | From each according to his ability, to each according to his need [Marx] |
22970 | Freedom is making the state subordinate to its society [Marx] |
21994 | The handmill gives feudalism, the steam mill capitalism [Marx] |
23876 | The essence of capitalism is the subordination of people to things [Marx, by Weil] |
20958 | Capitalism changes the world, by socialising the idea of a commodity [Marx, by Bowie] |
20960 | Marx thought capitalism was partly liberating, and could make labour and ownership more humane [Marx, by Bowie] |
22972 | Bourgeois 'freedom of conscience' just tolerates all sorts of religious intolerance [Marx] |
20519 | Marxists say liberal rights are confrontational, and liberal equality is a sham [Marx, by Wolff,J] |
7128 | Religion is the opium of the people, and real happiness requires its abolition [Marx] |
5299 | Religious feeling is social in origin [Marx] |