20 ideas
5893 | A wise man has integrity, firmness of will, nobility, consistency, sobriety, patience [Cicero] |
5891 | Philosophy is the collection of rational arguments [Cicero] |
7440 | Secondary qualities are microscopic primary qualities of physical things [Armstrong] |
5879 | The soul is the heart, or blood in the heart, or part of the brain, of something living in heart or brain, or breath [Cicero] |
5884 | How can one mind perceive so many dissimilar sensations? [Cicero] |
5887 | The soul has a single nature, so it cannot be divided, and hence it cannot perish [Cicero] |
7437 | Consciousness and experience of qualities are not the same [Armstrong] |
3158 | Theories of intentionality presuppose rationality, so can't explain it [Dennett] |
5886 | Like the eye, the soul has no power to see itself, but sees other things [Cicero] |
7434 | Behaviourism is false, but mind is definable as the cause of behaviour [Armstrong] |
7436 | The manifestations of a disposition need never actually exist [Armstrong] |
3159 | Beliefs and desires aren't real; they are prediction techniques [Dennett] |
7429 | Causal Functionalism says mental states are apt for producing behaviour [Armstrong] |
7438 | A causal theory of mentality would be improved by a teleological element [Armstrong] |
7431 | The identity of mental states with physical properties is contingent, because the laws of nature are contingent [Armstrong] |
5885 | Souls contain no properties of elements, and elements contain no properties of souls [Cicero] |
7432 | One mental role might be filled by a variety of physical types [Armstrong] |
5890 | We should not share the distress of others, but simply try to relieve it [Cicero] |
5894 | All men except philosophers fear poverty [Cicero] |
5895 | If one despises illiterate mechanics individually, they are not worth more collectively [Cicero] |