10 ideas
22115 | Wise people should contemplate and discuss the truth, and fight against falsehood [Aquinas] |
14742 | It can't be indeterminate whether x and y are identical; if x,y is indeterminate, then it isn't x,x [Salmon,N] |
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] |
20700 | Without God's influence every operation would stop, so God causes everything [Aquinas] |
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] |
18885 | Kripke and Putnam made false claims that direct reference implies essentialism [Salmon,N] |
15202 | Eternity coexists with passing time, as the centre of a circle coexists with its circumference [Aquinas] |