Ideas from 'The Really Hard Problem' by Owen Flanagan [2007], by Theme Structure
[found in 'The Really Hard Problem' by Flanagan,Owen [MIT 2007,978-0-262-06264-0]].
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15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 2. Unconscious Mind
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Research suggest that we overrate conscious experience
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17. Mind and Body / E. Mind as Physical / 2. Reduction of Mind
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Sensations may be identical to brain events, but complex mental events don't seem to be
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22. Metaethics / B. Value / 1. Nature of Value / b. Fact and value
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Morality is normative because it identifies best practices among the normal practices
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22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / f. Altruism
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For Darwinians, altruism is either contracts or genetics
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22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 2. Happiness / b. Eudaimonia
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We need Eudaimonics - the empirical study of how we should flourish
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24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 9. Communism
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Alienation is not finding what one wants, or being unable to achieve it
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29. Religion / C. Spiritual Disciplines / 3. Buddhism
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Buddhists reject God and the self, and accept suffering as key, and liberation through wisdom
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