13 ideas
9327 | Organisms understand their worlds better if they understand themselves [Gulick] |
9325 | In contrast with knowledge, the notion of understanding emphasizes practical engagement [Gulick] |
9326 | Knowing-that is a much richer kind of knowing-how [Gulick] |
7082 | Nature requires causal explanations, but society requires clarification by reasons and motives [Weber, by Critchley] |
9319 | Is consciousness a type of self-awareness, or is being self-aware a way of being conscious? [Gulick] |
9320 | Higher-order theories divide over whether the higher level involves thought or perception [Gulick] |
9321 | Higher-order models reduce the problem of consciousness to intentionality [Gulick] |
9322 | Maybe qualia only exist at the lower level, and a higher-level is needed for what-it-is-like [Gulick] |
14802 | Physical and psychical laws of mind are either independent, or derived in one or other direction [Peirce] |
22155 | We are disenchanted because we rely on science, which ignores values [Weber, by Boulter] |
14800 | The world is full of variety, but laws seem to produce uniformity [Peirce] |
9324 | From the teleopragmatic perspective, life is largely an informational process [Gulick] |
14801 | Darwinian evolution is chance, with the destruction of bad results [Peirce] |