10 ideas
17996 | Powers are claimed to be basic because fundamental particles lack internal structure [Psillos] |
7440 | Secondary qualities are microscopic primary qualities of physical things [Armstrong] |
17503 | Theories can never represent accurately, because their components are abstract [Cartwright,N, by Portides] |
7437 | Consciousness and experience of qualities are not the same [Armstrong] |
7434 | Behaviourism is false, but mind is definable as the cause of behaviour [Armstrong] |
7436 | The manifestations of a disposition need never actually exist [Armstrong] |
7429 | Causal Functionalism says mental states are apt for producing behaviour [Armstrong] |
7438 | A causal theory of mentality would be improved by a teleological element [Armstrong] |
7431 | The identity of mental states with physical properties is contingent, because the laws of nature are contingent [Armstrong] |
7432 | One mental role might be filled by a variety of physical types [Armstrong] |