9 ideas
5062 | First: there must be reasons; Second: why anything at all?; Third: why this? [Leibniz] |
19377 | A monad and its body are living, so life is everywhere, and comes in infinite degrees [Leibniz] |
19353 | 'Perception' is basic internal representation, and 'apperception' is reflective knowledge of perception [Leibniz] |
18284 | Particulars can be verified or falsified, but general statements can only be falsified (conclusively) [Popper] |
5061 | Animals are semi-rational because they connect facts, but they don't see causes [Leibniz] |
7518 | If folk psychology gives a network of causal laws, that fits neatly with functionalism [Churchland,PM] |
7519 | Many mental phenomena are totally unexplained by folk psychology [Churchland,PM] |
7520 | Folk psychology never makes any progress, and is marginalised by modern science [Churchland,PM] |
5063 | Music charms, although its beauty is the harmony of numbers [Leibniz] |