15 ideas
9271 | Human knowledge may not produce well-being; the examined life may not be worth living [Gray] |
7720 | Two things can only resemble one another in some respect, and that may reintroduce a universal [Lowe] |
7712 | On substances, Leibniz emphasises unity, Spinoza independence, Locke relations to qualities [Lowe] |
7710 | Perception is a mode of belief-acquisition, and does not involve sensation [Lowe] |
7711 | Science requires a causal theory - perception of an object must be an experience caused by the object [Lowe] |
9275 | Knowledge does not need minds or nervous systems; it is found in all living things [Gray] |
7714 | Personal identity is a problem across time (diachronic) and at an instant (synchronic) [Lowe] |
9276 | The will hardly ever does anything; most of our life just happens to us [Gray] |
7715 | Mentalese isn't a language, because it isn't conventional, or a means of public communication [Lowe] |
7722 | If meaning is mental pictures, explain "the cat (or dog!) is NOT on the mat" [Lowe] |
9278 | Nowadays we identify the free life with the good life [Gray] |
9280 | Over forty percent of the Earth's living tissue is human [Gray] |
16712 | Atheism is an atrocious and intolerable crime in any country [Descartes] |
9272 | Without Christianity we lose the idea that human history has a meaning [Gray] |
9279 | What was our original sin, and how could Christ's suffering redeem it? [Gray] |