14 ideas
5300 | Philosophers have interpreted the world, but the point is to change it [Marx] |
5297 | Whether human thinking can be 'true' must be decided in practice, not theory [Marx] |
19044 | Saying truths fit experience adds nothing to truth; nothing makes sentences true [Davidson] |
6400 | Without the dualism of scheme and content, not much is left of empiricism [Davidson] |
6398 | Different points of view make sense, but they must be plotted on a common background [Davidson] |
7658 | Obviously there can't be a functional anaylsis of qualia if they are defined by intrinsic properties [Dennett] |
22598 | The authentic self exists at the level of class, rather than the individual [Marx, by Dunt] |
7655 | The work done by the 'homunculus in the theatre' must be spread amongst non-conscious agencies [Dennett] |
7657 | Intelligent agents are composed of nested homunculi, of decreasing intelligence, ending in machines [Dennett] |
7656 | I don't deny consciousness; it just isn't what people think it is [Dennett] |
7654 | What matters about neuro-science is the discovery of the functional role of the chemistry [Dennett] |
6399 | Criteria of translation give us the identity of conceptual schemes [Davidson] |
5298 | The human essence is not found in individuals but in social relations [Marx] |
5299 | Religious feeling is social in origin [Marx] |