13 ideas
2546 | Philosophy is a magnificent failure in its attempt to overstep the limits of our knowledge [McGinn] |
20955 | Art can make reason more all-inclusive, by articulating what seemed inexpressible [Bowie] |
2544 | Thoughts have a dual aspect: as they seem to introspection, and their underlying logical reality [McGinn] |
20950 | German Idealism says our thinking and nature have the same rational structure [Bowie] |
2539 | Mental modules for language, social, action, theory, space, emotion [McGinn] |
20942 | Nazis think race predetermines the self [Bowie] |
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] |
20946 | Rhetoric is built into language, so it cannot be stripped from philosophy [Bowie] |
22489 | 'Good' is an attributive adjective like 'large', not predicative like 'red' [Geach, by Foot] |
2542 | Causation in the material world is energy-transfer, of motion, electricity or gravity [McGinn] |