14 ideas
20435 | If philosophy could be summarised it would be pointless [Adorno] |
18823 | To say there could have been people who don't exist, but deny those possible things, rejects Barcan [Stalnaker, by Rumfitt] |
2526 | Philosophers regularly confuse failures of imagination with insights into necessity [Dennett] |
16409 | Unlike Lewis, I defend an actualist version of counterpart theory [Stalnaker] |
16411 | If possible worlds really differ, I can't be in more than one at a time [Stalnaker] |
16412 | If counterparts exist strictly in one world only, this seems to be extreme invariant essentialism [Stalnaker] |
2523 | That every mammal has a mother is a secure reality, but without foundations [Dennett] |
2528 | Does consciousness need the concept of consciousness? [Dennett] |
2525 | Maybe language is crucial to consciousness [Dennett] |
2527 | Unconscious intentionality is the foundation of the mind [Dennett] |
2530 | Could a robot be made conscious just by software? [Dennett] |
2524 | A language of thought doesn't explain content [Dennett] |
2529 | Maybe there can be non-conscious concepts (e.g. in bees) [Dennett] |
16410 | Extensional semantics has individuals and sets; modal semantics has intensions, functions of world to extension [Stalnaker] |