21 ideas
| 5331 | You can't infer that because you have a hidden birth-mark, everybody else does [Ayer] |
| 2611 | It is currently held that quantifying over something implies belief in its existence [Ayer] |
| 16520 | We see properties necessary for a kind (in the definition), but not for an individual [Ayer] |
| 7544 | Many people imagine that to experience is to understand [Goethe] |
| 7541 | Man never understands how anthropomorphic he is [Goethe] |
| 2613 | The theory of other minds has no rival [Ayer] |
| 5328 | Originally I combined a mentalistic view of introspection with a behaviouristic view of other minds [Ayer] |
| 5330 | Physicalism undercuts the other mind problem, by equating experience with 'public' brain events [Ayer] |
| 5326 | Qualia must be united by a subject, because they lead to concepts and judgements [Ayer] |
| 5325 | Is something an 'experience' because it relates to other experiences, or because it relates to a subject? [Ayer] |
| 5324 | Bodily identity and memory work together to establish personal identity [Ayer] |
| 7543 | We gain self-knowledge through action, not thought - especially when doing our duty [Goethe] |
| 5322 | Self-consciousness is not basic, because experiences are not instrinsically marked with ownership [Ayer] |
| 5327 | Temporal gaps in the consciousness of a spirit could not be bridged by memories [Ayer] |
| 5329 | Why shouldn't we say brain depends on mind? Better explanation! [Ayer] |
| 2610 | Talk of propositions is just shorthand for talking about equivalent sentences [Ayer] |
| 7540 | Beauty is a manifestation of secret natural laws [Goethe] |
| 7538 | The happiest people link the beginning and end of life [Goethe] |
| 7542 | The best form of government teaches us to govern ourselves [Goethe] |
| 7539 | To get duties from people without rights, you must pay them well [Goethe] |
| 14014 | Space alone, and time alone, will fade away, and only their union has an independent reality [Minkowski] |