11 ideas
21750 | Science is sympathetic to truth as correspondence, since it depends on observation [Quine] |
5060 | All substances analyse down to simple substances, which are souls, or 'monads' [Leibniz] |
21748 | More careful inductions gradually lead to the hypothetico-deductive method [Quine] |
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] |
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] |
21749 | Altruistic values concern other persons, and ceremonial values concern practices [Quine] |
21751 | Love seems to diminish with distance from oneself [Quine] |
5059 | Power rules in efficient causes, but wisdom rules in connecting them to final causes [Leibniz] |