21 ideas
1922 | Spiritual qualities only become advantageous with the growth of wisdom [Plato] |
9327 | Organisms understand their worlds better if they understand themselves [Gulick] |
11259 | How can you seek knowledge of something if you don't know it? [Plato] |
9325 | In contrast with knowledge, the notion of understanding emphasizes practical engagement [Gulick] |
20219 | True opinions only become really valuable when they are tied down by reasons [Plato] |
9326 | Knowing-that is a much richer kind of knowing-how [Gulick] |
5985 | Seeking and learning are just recollection [Plato] |
5986 | The slave boy learns geometry from questioning, not teaching, so it is recollection [Plato] |
1923 | As a guide to action, true opinion is as good as knowledge [Plato] |
1919 | You don't need to learn what you know, and how do you seek for what you don't know? [Plato] |
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] |
468 | Musical performance can reveal a range of virtues [Damon of Ath.] |
1913 | Is virtue taught, or achieved by practice, or a natural aptitude, or what? [Plato] |
1921 | If virtue is a type of knowledge then it ought to be taught [Plato] |
1927 | It seems that virtue is neither natural nor taught, but is a divine gift [Plato] |
1918 | How can you know part of virtue without knowing the whole? [Plato] |
1916 | Even if virtues are many and various, they must have something in common to make them virtues [Plato] |
9324 | From the teleopragmatic perspective, life is largely an informational process [Gulick] |