13 ideas
6627 | Radical pragmatists abandon the notion of truth [Stich, by Lowe] |
2534 | Mindless bodies are zombies, bodiless minds are ghosts [Sturgeon] |
2537 | Types are properties, and tokens are events. Are they split between mental and physical, or not? [Sturgeon] |
2532 | Intentionality isn't reducible, because of its experiential aspect [Sturgeon] |
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] |
2533 | Rule-following can't be reduced to the physical [Sturgeon] |
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] |
2535 | The main argument for physicalism is its simple account of causation [Sturgeon] |
4765 | Stich accepts eliminativism (labelled 'pragmatism') about rationality and normativity [Stich, by Engel] |
7654 | What matters about neuro-science is the discovery of the functional role of the chemistry [Dennett] |
2536 | Do facts cause thoughts, or embody them, or what? [Sturgeon] |