14 ideas
9327 | Organisms understand their worlds better if they understand themselves [Gulick] |
14919 | Empiricists deny what is unobservable, and reject objective modality [Fraassen] |
9325 | In contrast with knowledge, the notion of understanding emphasizes practical engagement [Gulick] |
6783 | To 'accept' a theory is not to believe it, but to believe it empirically adequate [Fraassen, by Bird] |
9326 | Knowing-that is a much richer kind of knowing-how [Gulick] |
14917 | To accept a scientific theory, we only need to believe that it is empirically adequate [Fraassen] |
6784 | Why should the true explanation be one of the few we have actually thought of? [Fraassen, by Bird] |
13066 | An explanation is just descriptive information answering a particular question [Fraassen, by Salmon] |
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.] |
9324 | From the teleopragmatic perspective, life is largely an informational process [Gulick] |