12 ideas
2546 | Philosophy is a magnificent failure in its attempt to overstep the limits of our knowledge [McGinn] |
2544 | Thoughts have a dual aspect: as they seem to introspection, and their underlying logical reality [McGinn] |
21570 | Numbers are just verbal conveniences, which can be analysed away [Russell] |
19355 | The soul doesn't understand many of its own actions, if perceptions are confused and desires buried [Leibniz] |
2539 | Mental modules for language, social, action, theory, space, emotion [McGinn] |
2545 | Free will is mental causation in action [McGinn] |
2543 | Brains aren't made of anything special, suggesting panpsychism [McGinn] |
19350 | We should say that body is mechanism and soul is immaterial, asserting their independence [Leibniz] |
2540 | Examining mind sees no brain; examining brain sees no mind [McGinn] |
2547 | There is information if there are symbols which refer, and which can combine into a truth or falsehood [McGinn] |
19356 | Minds unconsciously count vibration beats in music, and enjoy it when they coincide [Leibniz] |
2542 | Causation in the material world is energy-transfer, of motion, electricity or gravity [McGinn] |