8 ideas
15663 | Adorno and Horkheimer subjected the Enlightenment to 'critical theory' analysis [Adorno/Horkheimer, by Finlayson] |
5500 | Biologists see many organic levels, 'abstract' if seen from below, 'structural' if seen from above [Lycan] |
13128 | 'Ultimate sortals' cannot explain ontological categories [Westerhoff on Wiggins] |
5494 | 'Lightning is electric discharge' and 'Phosphorus is Venus' are synthetic a posteriori identities [Lycan] |
5496 | Functionalism has three linked levels: physical, functional, and mental [Lycan] |
5499 | A mental state is a functional realisation of a brain state when it serves the purpose of the organism [Lycan] |
20572 | De Sade said it was impossible to rationally argue against murder [Adorno/Horkheimer] |
5501 | People are trying to explain biological teleology in naturalistic causal terms [Lycan] |