Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'Epiphenomenal Qualia', 'Negative Dialectics' and 'The Aim and Structure of Physical Theory'

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6 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 1. Philosophy

20435

If philosophy could be summarised it would be pointless [Adorno]

14. Science / A. Basis of Science / 6. Falsification

22137

Observation can force rejection of some part of the initial set of claims [Duhem, by Boulter]

14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 6. Theory Holism

18197

Experiments only test groups of hypotheses, and can't show which one is wrong [Duhem]

17. Mind and Body / E. Mind as Physical / 7. Anti-Physicalism / c. Knowledge argument

7880	If a blind persons suddenly sees a kestrel, that doesn't make visual and theoretical kestrels different [Papineau on Jackson]

7378	No one bothers to imagine what it would really be like to have ALL the physical information [Dennett on Jackson]

7377	Mary learns when she sees colour, so her complete physical information had missed something [Jackson]