7 ideas
12251 | Substantial forms are not understood, and explain nothing [Descartes] |
22186 | Mental modules are specialised, automatic, and isolated [Fodor, by Okasha] |
8404 | Explain single events by general rules, or vice versa, or probability explains both, or they are unconnected [Field,H] |
8401 | Physical laws are largely time-symmetric, so they make a poor basis for directional causation [Field,H] |
8400 | Identifying cause and effect is not just conventional; we explain later events by earlier ones [Field,H] |
8402 | The only reason for adding the notion of 'cause' to fundamental physics is directionality [Field,H] |
16772 | An angelic mind would not experience pain, even when connected to a human body [Descartes, by Pasnau] |