19 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] |
5806 | Belief is the power of metarepresentation [Dretske] |
5801 | A mouse hearing a piano played does not believe it, because it lacks concepts and understanding [Dretske] |
5802 | Representations are in the head, but their content is not, as stories don't exist in their books [Dretske] |
5809 | Some activities are performed better without consciousness of them [Dretske] |
5808 | Qualia are just the properties objects are represented as having [Dretske] |
2539 | Mental modules for language, social, action, theory, space, emotion [McGinn] |
5803 | In a representational theory of mind, introspection is displaced perception [Dretske] |
5807 | Introspection is the same as the experience one is introspecting [Dretske] |
5805 | Introspection does not involve looking inwards [Dretske] |
2545 | Free will is mental causation in action [McGinn] |
2543 | Brains aren't made of anything special, suggesting panpsychism [McGinn] |
5804 | A representational theory of the mind is an externalist theory of the mind [Dretske] |
2540 | Examining mind sees no brain; examining brain sees no mind [McGinn] |
5800 | All mental facts are representation, which consists of informational functions [Dretske] |
2547 | There is information if there are symbols which refer, and which can combine into a truth or falsehood [McGinn] |
7903 | The six perfections are giving, morality, patience, vigour, meditation, and wisdom [Nagarjuna] |
2542 | Causation in the material world is energy-transfer, of motion, electricity or gravity [McGinn] |