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'On the Question of Absolute Undecidability', 'Moral Relativism' and 'Thinking about Consciousness'
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15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 1. Mind / e. Questions about mind
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The only serious mind-brain theories now are identity, token identity, realization and supervenience [Papineau]
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15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 3. Mental Causation
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Maybe mind and body do overdetermine acts, but are linked (for some reason) [Papineau]
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15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 4. Other Minds / c. Knowing other minds
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Young children can see that other individuals sometimes have false beliefs [Papineau]
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Do we understand other minds by simulation-theory, or by theory-theory? [Papineau]
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15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 8. Brain
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Researching phenomenal consciousness is peculiar, because the concepts involved are peculiar [Papineau]
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15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 1. Consciousness / a. Consciousness
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Whether octopuses feel pain is unclear, because our phenomenal concepts are too vague [Papineau]
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Our concept of consciousness is crude, and lacks theoretical articulation [Papineau]
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We can’t decide what 'conscious' means, so it is undecidable whether cats are conscious [Papineau]
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15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 1. Consciousness / e. Cause of consciousness
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Maybe a creature is conscious if its mental states represent things in a distinct way [Papineau]
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15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 1. Consciousness / f. Higher-order thought
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The 'actualist' HOT theory says consciousness comes from actual higher judgements of mental states [Papineau]
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Actualist HOT theories imply that a non-conscious mental event could become conscious when remembered [Papineau]
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States are conscious if they could be the subject of higher-order mental judgements [Papineau]
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Higher-order judgements may be possible where the subject denies having been conscious [Papineau]
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