10 ideas
4304 | Descartes says there are two substance, Spinoza one, and Leibniz infinitely many [Cottingham] |
6375 | The taste of chocolate is a 'finer-grained' sensation than the taste of sweetness [Polger] |
4303 | The notion of substance lies at the heart of rationalist metaphysics [Cottingham] |
6381 | The mind and the self are one, and the mind-self is a biological phenomenon [Polger] |
6378 | Teleological functions explain why a trait exists; causal-role functions say what it does [Polger] |
6380 | Identity theory says consciousness is an abstraction: a state, event, process or property [Polger] |
468 | Musical performance can reveal a range of virtues [Damon of Ath.] |
6379 | A mummified heart has the teleological function of circulating blood [Polger] |
6377 | Teleological notions of function say what a thing is supposed to do [Polger] |
4306 | For rationalists, it is necessary that effects be deducible from their causes [Cottingham] |