Ideas from 'Elbow Room: varieties of free will' by Daniel C. Dennett [1984], by Theme Structure
[found in 'Elbow Room - Free will worth wanting' by Dennett,Daniel C. [MIT 1999,0-262-54042-8]].
green numbers give full details |
back to texts
|
expand these ideas
1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / a. Philosophy as worldly
3798
|
An overexamined life is as bad as an unexamined one
|
2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 9. Limits of Reason
3801
|
Rationality requires the assumption that things are either for better or worse
|
10. Modality / D. Knowledge of Modality / 4. Conceivable as Possible / c. Possible but inconceivable
3802
|
Why pronounce impossible what you cannot imagine?
|
13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 2. Causal Justification
3795
|
Causal theories require the "right" sort of link (usually unspecified)
|
16. Persons / A. Concept of a Person / 4. Persons as Agents
3797
|
I am the sum total of what I directly control
|
16. Persons / F. Free Will / 1. Nature of Free Will
3800
|
You can be free even though force would have prevented you doing otherwise [PG]
|
3803
|
Can we conceive of a being with a will freer than our own?
|
16. Persons / F. Free Will / 2. Sources of Free Will
3794
|
Foreknowledge permits control
|
3791
|
Awareness of thought is a step beyond awareness of the world
|
17. Mind and Body / B. Behaviourism / 3. Intentional Stance
3796
|
The active self is a fiction created because we are ignorant of our motivations
|