Ideas from 'Kinds of Minds' by Daniel C. Dennett [1996], by Theme Structure
[found in 'Kinds of Minds' by Dennett,Daniel C. [Phoenix 1997,0-75380-043-8]].
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15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 1. Mind / e. Questions about mind
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Minds are hard-wired, or trial-and-error, or experimental, or full self-aware [Heil]
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15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 1. Consciousness / a. Consciousness
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Sentience comes in grades from robotic to super-human; we only draw a line for moral reasons
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15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 5. Qualia / a. Nature of qualia
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What is it like to notice an uncomfortable position when you are asleep?
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16. Persons / B. Nature of the Self / 6. Self as Higher Awareness
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Being a person must involve having second-order beliefs and desires (about beliefs and desires)
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17. Mind and Body / C. Functionalism / 6. Homuncular Functionalism
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We descend from robots, and our intentionality is composed of billions of crude intentional systems
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17. Mind and Body / E. Mind as Physical / 1. Physical Mind
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There is no more anger in adrenaline than silliness in a bottle of whiskey
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17. Mind and Body / E. Mind as Physical / 3. Eliminativism
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Maybe there is a minimum brain speed for supporting a mind
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17. Mind and Body / E. Mind as Physical / 7. Anti-Physicalism / b. Multiple realisability
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The materials for a mind only matter because of speed, and a need for transducers and effectors
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18. Thought / B. Mechanics of Thought / 4. Language of Thought
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The predecessor and rival of the language of thought hypothesis is the picture theory of ideas
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18. Thought / D. Concepts / 5. Concepts and Language / b. Concepts are linguistic
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Concepts are things we (unlike dogs) can think about, because we have language
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25. Social Practice / F. Life Issues / 3. Abortion
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Most people see an abortion differently if the foetus lacks a brain
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27. Natural Reality / G. Biology / 2. Life
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Maybe plants are very slow (and sentient) animals, overlooked because we are faster?
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