Ideas from 'Naturalizing the Mind' by Fred Dretske [1997], by Theme Structure
[found in 'Naturalizing the Mind' by Dretske,Fred [MIT 1997,0-262-54089-4]].
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11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 4. Belief / a. Beliefs
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Belief is the power of metarepresentation
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11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 4. Belief / f. Animal beliefs
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A mouse hearing a piano played does not believe it, because it lacks concepts and understanding
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15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 1. Mind / d. Location of mind
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Representations are in the head, but their content is not, as stories don't exist in their books
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15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 1. Consciousness / d. Purpose of consciousness
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Some activities are performed better without consciousness of them
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15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 5. Qualia / a. Nature of qualia
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Qualia are just the properties objects are represented as having
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16. Persons / C. Self-Awareness / 1. Introspection
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Introspection does not involve looking inwards
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In a representational theory of mind, introspection is displaced perception
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Introspection is the same as the experience one is introspecting
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17. Mind and Body / C. Functionalism / 2. Machine Functionalism
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A representational theory of the mind is an externalist theory of the mind
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17. Mind and Body / E. Mind as Physical / 3. Eliminativism
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All mental facts are representation, which consists of informational functions
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