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All the ideas for 'Cogitata et Visa', 'Should a materialist believe in qualia?' and 'Rationality'

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4 ideas

12. Knowledge Sources / D. Empiricism / 1. Empiricism
Empiricists are collecting ants; rationalists are spinning spiders; and bees do both [Bacon]
12. Knowledge Sources / E. Direct Knowledge / 4. Memory
The ancient Memorists said virtually all types of thinking could be done simply by memory [Sorabji]
Stoics say true memory needs reflection and assent, but animals only have perceptual recognition [Sorabji]
15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 5. Qualia / a. Nature of qualia
Part of the folk concept of qualia is what makes recognition and comparison possible [Lewis]