13 ideas
2546 | Philosophy is a magnificent failure in its attempt to overstep the limits of our knowledge [McGinn] |
17990 | Instances of minimal truth miss out propositions inexpressible in current English [Hofweber] |
2544 | Thoughts have a dual aspect: as they seem to introspection, and their underlying logical reality [McGinn] |
17988 | Quantification can't all be substitutional; some reference is obviously to objects [Hofweber] |
17989 | Since properties have properties, there can be a typed or a type-free theory of them [Hofweber] |
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] |
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] |
17991 | Holism says language can't be translated; the expressibility hypothesis says everything can [Hofweber] |
2542 | Causation in the material world is energy-transfer, of motion, electricity or gravity [McGinn] |
10246 | The limit of science is isomorphism of theories, with essences a matter of indifference [Weyl] |