10 ideas
19426 | 'Nominal' definitions just list distinguishing characteristics [Leibniz] |
19424 | Knowledge needs clarity, distinctness, and adequacy, and it should be intuitive [Leibniz] |
3986 | The 'intentional stance' is a way of interpreting an entity by assuming it is rational and self-aware [Dennett] |
3987 | Like the 'centre of gravity', desires and beliefs are abstract concepts with no actual existence [Dennett] |
19427 | True ideas represent what is possible; false ideas represent contradictions [Leibniz] |
3984 | The nature of content is entirely based on its functional role [Dennett] |
9471 | Intensions are creatures of darkness which should be exorcised [Quine] |
3983 | Learning is evolution in the brain [Dennett] |
19425 | In the schools the Four Causes are just lumped together in a very obscure way [Leibniz] |
3985 | Biology is a type of engineering, not a search for laws of nature [Dennett] |