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15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 1. Mind / a. Mind

[general ideas about the mind]

9 ideas
Nous is unlimited, self-ruling and pure; it is the finest thing, with great discernment and strength [Anaxagoras]
The Stoics think that soul in the narrow sense is nothing but reason [Stoic school, by Frede,M]
The human mind is the very idea or knowledge of the human body [Spinoza]
Mind is never isolated, but only exists in its interactions [Dewey]
There are no such things as minds, but people have mental properties [Davidson]
The mind is a property, or it is baffling [Rorty]
I regard the mind-body problem as wide open, and extremely confusing [Kripke]
Inner v outer brings astonishment that we are a particular person [Nagel]
The two ways proposed to distinguish mind are intentionality or consciousness [Molnar]