19 ideas
4424 | A warlike philosopher challenges problems to single combat [Nietzsche] |
23633 | Many truths seem obvious, and point to universal agreement - which is what we find [Reid] |
21833 | Research suggest that we overrate conscious experience [Flanagan] |
21834 | Sensations may be identical to brain events, but complex mental events don't seem to be [Flanagan] |
23630 | Only philosophers treat ideas as objects [Reid] |
23629 | The ambiguity of words impedes the advancement of knowledge [Reid] |
21837 | Morality is normative because it identifies best practices among the normal practices [Flanagan] |
21830 | For Darwinians, altruism is either contracts or genetics [Flanagan] |
2886 | The distinction between egoistic and non-egoistic acts is absurd [Nietzsche] |
4426 | A bad result distorts one's judgement about the virtue of what one has done [Nietzsche] |
21835 | We need Eudaimonics - the empirical study of how we should flourish [Flanagan] |
4425 | The overcoming of pity I count among the noble virtues [Nietzsche] |
20132 | To become what you are you must have no self-awareness [Nietzsche] |
20144 | Eternal recurrence is the highest attainable affirmation [Nietzsche] |
21831 | Alienation is not finding what one wants, or being unable to achieve it [Flanagan] |
2889 | One repays a teacher badly if one remains only a pupil [Nietzsche] |
23632 | Similar effects come from similar causes, and causes are only what are sufficient for the effects [Reid] |
2887 | I am not an atheist because of reasoning or evidence, but because of instinct [Nietzsche] |
21832 | Buddhists reject God and the self, and accept suffering as key, and liberation through wisdom [Flanagan] |