9 ideas
5500 | Biologists see many organic levels, 'abstract' if seen from below, 'structural' if seen from above [Lycan] |
3644 | Two things being joined together doesn't prove they are the same [Descartes] |
5494 | 'Lightning is electric discharge' and 'Phosphorus is Venus' are synthetic a posteriori identities [Lycan] |
3621 | Only judgement decides which of our senses are reliable [Descartes] |
5496 | Functionalism has three linked levels: physical, functional, and mental [Lycan] |
5499 | A mental state is a functional realisation of a brain state when it serves the purpose of the organism [Lycan] |
468 | Musical performance can reveal a range of virtues [Damon of Ath.] |
5501 | People are trying to explain biological teleology in naturalistic causal terms [Lycan] |
3637 | Ideas in God's mind only have value if he makes it so [Descartes] |