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Ideas for 'Remarks on the definition and nature of mathematics', 'Three Dialogues of Hylas and Philonous' and 'Ontology'

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15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 4. Other Minds / c. Knowing other minds

3948	Experience tells me that other minds exist independently from my own [Berkeley]
	Full Idea: It is plain that other minds have an existence exterior to my mind, since I find them by experience to be independent of it.
	From: George Berkeley (Three Dialogues of Hylas and Philonous [1713], III p.220)
	A reaction: This is a surprising claim from Berkeley. If trees only exist through their experience in my mind, why don't other minds exist in the same way?

15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 5. Qualia / c. Explaining qualia

7706	If qualia supervene on intentional states, then intentional states are explanatorily fundamental [Jacquette]
	Full Idea: If qualia supervene on intentional states, then intentionality is also more explanatorily fundamental than qualia.
	From: Dale Jacquette (Ontology [2002], Ch.10)
	A reaction: See Idea 7272 for opposite view. Maybe intentional states are large mental objects of which we are introspectively aware, but which are actually composed of innumerable fine-grained qualia. Intentional states would only explain qualia if they caused them.