11 ideas
9558 | All scientific tests will verify mathematics, so it is a background, not something being tested [Sober] |
3296 | Sense-data are a false objectification of what is essentially subjective [Nagel] |
3295 | Inner v outer brings astonishment that we are a particular person [Nagel] |
7658 | Obviously there can't be a functional anaylsis of qualia if they are defined by intrinsic properties [Dennett] |
3293 | If you assert that we have an ego, you can still ask if that future ego will be me [Nagel] |
7655 | The work done by the 'homunculus in the theatre' must be spread amongst non-conscious agencies [Dennett] |
3292 | The most difficult problem of free will is saying what the problem is [Nagel] |
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] |
3294 | As far as possible we should become instruments to realise what is best from an eternal point of view [Nagel] |