18 ideas
19695 | The devil was wise as an angel, and lost no knowledge when he rebelled [Whitcomb] |
19594 | General statements about nature are not valid [Novalis] |
4608 | Minds are hard-wired, or trial-and-error, or experimental, or full self-aware [Dennett, by Heil] |
4880 | Sentience comes in grades from robotic to super-human; we only draw a line for moral reasons [Dennett] |
4873 | What is it like to notice an uncomfortable position when you are asleep? [Dennett] |
4881 | Being a person must involve having second-order beliefs and desires (about beliefs and desires) [Dennett] |
19596 | The whole body is involved in the formation of thoughts [Novalis] |
4875 | We descend from robots, and our intentionality is composed of billions of crude intentional systems [Dennett] |
4879 | There is no more anger in adrenaline than silliness in a bottle of whiskey [Dennett] |
4876 | Maybe there is a minimum brain speed for supporting a mind [Dennett] |
4878 | The materials for a mind only matter because of speed, and a need for transducers and effectors [Dennett] |
4874 | The predecessor and rival of the language of thought hypothesis is the picture theory of ideas [Dennett] |
4882 | Concepts are things we (unlike dogs) can think about, because we have language [Dennett] |
19593 | Persons are shaped by a life history; splendid persons are shaped by world history [Novalis] |
4872 | Most people see an abortion differently if the foetus lacks a brain [Dennett] |
19595 | Nature is a whole, and its individual parts cannot be wholly understood [Novalis] |
19592 | The basic relations of nature are musical [Novalis] |
4877 | Maybe plants are very slow (and sentient) animals, overlooked because we are faster? [Dennett] |