13 ideas
2546 | Philosophy is a magnificent failure in its attempt to overstep the limits of our knowledge [McGinn] |
2544 | Thoughts have a dual aspect: as they seem to introspection, and their underlying logical reality [McGinn] |
23633 | Many truths seem obvious, and point to universal agreement - which is what we find [Reid] |
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] |
23630 | Only philosophers treat ideas as objects [Reid] |
23629 | The ambiguity of words impedes the advancement of knowledge [Reid] |
2547 | There is information if there are symbols which refer, and which can combine into a truth or falsehood [McGinn] |
23632 | Similar effects come from similar causes, and causes are only what are sufficient for the effects [Reid] |
2542 | Causation in the material world is energy-transfer, of motion, electricity or gravity [McGinn] |
5467 | Euler said nature is instrinsically passive, and minds cause change [Euler, by Ellis] |