13 ideas
7658 | Obviously there can't be a functional anaylsis of qualia if they are defined by intrinsic properties [Dennett] |
7655 | The work done by the 'homunculus in the theatre' must be spread amongst non-conscious agencies [Dennett] |
7657 | Intelligent agents are composed of nested homunculi, of decreasing intelligence, ending in machines [Dennett] |
7656 | I don't deny consciousness; it just isn't what people think it is [Dennett] |
12608 | Concepts are distinguished by roles in judgement, and are thus tied to rationality [Peacocke] |
7654 | What matters about neuro-science is the discovery of the functional role of the chemistry [Dennett] |
12605 | A sense is individuated by the conditions for reference [Peacocke] |
12607 | Fregean concepts have their essence fixed by reference-conditions [Peacocke] |
12609 | Concepts have distinctive reasons and norms [Peacocke] |
12604 | Any explanation of a concept must involve reference and truth [Peacocke] |
12610 | Encountering novel sentences shows conclusively that meaning must be compositional [Peacocke] |
12165 | Romantics say music expresses ideas, or the Will, or intuitions, or feelings [Scruton] |
12164 | Expressing melancholy is a good thing, but arousing it is a bad thing [Scruton] |