10 ideas
| 5044 | Reality must be made of basic unities, which will be animated, substantial points [Leibniz] |
| 5045 | No machine or mere organised matter could have a unified self [Leibniz] |
| 7658 | Obviously there can't be a functional anaylsis of qualia if they are defined by intrinsic properties [Dennett] |
| 7655 | The work done by the 'homunculus in the theatre' must be spread amongst non-conscious agencies [Dennett] |
| 5046 | The soul does know bodies, although they do not influence one another [Leibniz] |
| 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] |
| 22086 | The most important aspect of a human being is not reason, but passion [Kierkegaard, by Carlisle] |
| 5043 | To regard animals as mere machines may be possible, but seems improbable [Leibniz] |