15 ideas
23392 | The Dao (Way) first means the road, and comes to mean the right way to live [Norden] |
2546 | Philosophy is a magnificent failure in its attempt to overstep the limits of our knowledge [McGinn] |
23408 | The hermeneutic circle is either within the text, or between text and biased reader [Norden] |
23407 | Heremeneutics is either 'faith' (examining truth) or 'suspicion' (looking for hidden motives) [Norden] |
2544 | Thoughts have a dual aspect: as they seem to introspection, and their underlying logical reality [McGinn] |
5044 | Reality must be made of basic unities, which will be animated, substantial points [Leibniz] |
5045 | No machine or mere organised matter could have a unified self [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] |
5046 | The soul does know bodies, although they do not influence one another [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] |
2542 | Causation in the material world is energy-transfer, of motion, electricity or gravity [McGinn] |
5043 | To regard animals as mere machines may be possible, but seems improbable [Leibniz] |