12 ideas
19382 | Abstracta are abbreviated ways of talking; there are just substances, and truths about them [Leibniz] |
22868 | The value and truth of knowledge are measured by success in activity [Dewey] |
3286 | An organism is conscious if and only if there is something it is like to be that organism [Nagel] |
22865 | Habits constitute the self [Dewey] |
3288 | Can we describe our experiences to zombies? [Nagel] |
4883 | Nagel's title creates an impenetrable mystery, by ignoring a bat's ways that may not be "like" anything [Dennett on Nagel] |
3287 | We can't be objective about experience [Nagel] |
4989 | Physicalism should explain how subjective experience is possible, but not 'what it is like' [Kirk,R on Nagel] |
22871 | The good people are those who improve; the bad are those who deteriorate [Dewey] |
22876 | Democracy is the development of human nature when it shares in the running of communal activities [Dewey] |
22875 | Democracy is not just a form of government; it is a mode of shared living [Dewey] |
22874 | Individuality is only developed within groups [Dewey] |