13 ideas
9254 | In philosophy the truth can only be reached via the ruins of the false [Prichard] |
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] |
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] |
2547 | There is information if there are symbols which refer, and which can combine into a truth or falsehood [McGinn] |
9256 | I see the need to pay a debt in a particular instance, and any instance will do [Prichard] |
9257 | The complexities of life make it almost impossible to assess morality from a universal viewpoint [Prichard] |
7903 | The six perfections are giving, morality, patience, vigour, meditation, and wisdom [Nagarjuna] |
9255 | Seeing the goodness of an effect creates the duty to produce it, not the desire [Prichard] |
2542 | Causation in the material world is energy-transfer, of motion, electricity or gravity [McGinn] |