18 ideas
5784 | In its primary and formal sense, 'true' applies to propositions, not beliefs [Russell] |
5777 | The truth or falsehood of a belief depends upon a fact to which the belief 'refers' [Russell] |
5783 | Propositions of existence, generalities, disjunctions and hypotheticals make correspondence tricky [Russell] |
2526 | Philosophers regularly confuse failures of imagination with insights into necessity [Dennett] |
5780 | The three questions about belief are its contents, its success, and its character [Russell] |
2523 | That every mammal has a mother is a secure reality, but without foundations [Dennett] |
21507 | Scientific explanation aims at a unifying account of underlying structures and processes [Hempel] |
2528 | Does consciousness need the concept of consciousness? [Dennett] |
2525 | Maybe language is crucial to consciousness [Dennett] |
2527 | Unconscious intentionality is the foundation of the mind [Dennett] |
5778 | If we object to all data which is 'introspective' we will cease to believe in toothaches [Russell] |
2530 | Could a robot be made conscious just by software? [Dennett] |
5779 | There are distinct sets of psychological and physical causal laws [Russell] |
2524 | A language of thought doesn't explain content [Dennett] |
2529 | Maybe there can be non-conscious concepts (e.g. in bees) [Dennett] |
5781 | Our important beliefs all, if put into words, take the form of propositions [Russell] |
5782 | A proposition expressed in words is a 'word-proposition', and one of images an 'image-proposition' [Russell] |
5776 | A proposition is what we believe when we believe truly or falsely [Russell] |