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15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 7. Animal Minds
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Dogs show reason in decisions made by elimination [Chrysippus, by Sext.Empiricus]
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15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 1. Consciousness / a. Consciousness
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We can't draw a clear line between conscious and unconscious [Dennett]
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Perhaps the brain doesn't 'fill in' gaps in consciousness if no one is looking. [Dennett]
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15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 1. Consciousness / e. Cause of consciousness
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Conscious events can only be explained in terms of unconscious events [Dennett]
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15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 3. Privacy
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We can know a lot of what it is like to be a bat, and nothing important is unknown [Dennett]
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15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 5. Qualia / c. Explaining qualia
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"Qualia" can be replaced by complex dispositional brain states [Dennett]
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15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 6. Inverted Qualia
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We can't assume that dispositions will remain normal when qualia have been inverted [Dennett]
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15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 7. Blindsight
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In peripheral vision we see objects without their details, so blindsight is not that special [Dennett]
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Blindsight subjects glean very paltry information [Dennett]
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15. Nature of Minds / C. Capacities of Minds / 5. Generalisation by mind
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Mathematical generalisation is by extending a system, or by abstracting away from it [Colyvan]
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