16 ideas
6782 | Realism is the only philosophy of science that doesn't make the success of science a miracle [Putnam] |
22181 | Putnam says anti-realism is a bad explanation of accurate predictions [Putnam, by Okasha] |
23805 | Some explanations offer to explain a mystery by a greater mystery [Schulte] |
23226 | There is a single mouse neuron which has 862 inputs and 626 outputs [Cobb] |
23216 | The brain is not passive, and merely processing inputs; it is active, and intervenes in the world [Cobb] |
23795 | Naturalistic accounts of content cannot rely on primitive mental or normative notions [Schulte] |
23806 | Naturalist accounts of representation must match the views of cognitive science [Schulte] |
23796 | Naturalists must explain both representation, and what is represented [Schulte] |
23792 | Phenomenal and representational character may have links, or even be united [Schulte] |
23804 | Maybe we can explain mental content in terms of phenomenal properties [Schulte] |
23793 | On the whole, referential content is seen as broad, and sense content as narrow [Schulte] |
23802 | Conceptual role semantics says content is determined by cognitive role [Schulte] |
23797 | Cause won't explain content, because one cause can produce several contents [Schulte] |
23799 | Teleosemantics explains content in terms of successful and unsuccessful functioning [Schulte] |
23800 | Teleosemantic explanations say content is the causal result of naturally selected functions [Schulte] |
23798 | Information theories say content is information, such as smoke making fire probable [Schulte] |