15 ideas
15582 | Perhaps the aim of philosophy is to abolish sham problems [Heidegger] |
2546 | Philosophy is a magnificent failure in its attempt to overstep the limits of our knowledge [McGinn] |
19426 | 'Nominal' definitions just list distinguishing characteristics [Leibniz] |
2544 | Thoughts have a dual aspect: as they seem to introspection, and their underlying logical reality [McGinn] |
19424 | Knowledge needs clarity, distinctness, and adequacy, and it should be intuitive [Leibniz] |
2539 | Mental modules for language, social, action, theory, space, emotion [McGinn] |
15579 | My active existence is defined by being able to say 'I can' [Heidegger] |
15583 | Certainty that I will die is more basic to my existence than the Cogito [Heidegger] |
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] |
19427 | True ideas represent what is possible; false ideas represent contradictions [Leibniz] |
2547 | There is information if there are symbols which refer, and which can combine into a truth or falsehood [McGinn] |
19425 | In the schools the Four Causes are just lumped together in a very obscure way [Leibniz] |
2542 | Causation in the material world is energy-transfer, of motion, electricity or gravity [McGinn] |