13 ideas
9327 | Organisms understand their worlds better if they understand themselves [Gulick] |
21750 | Science is sympathetic to truth as correspondence, since it depends on observation [Quine] |
9325 | In contrast with knowledge, the notion of understanding emphasizes practical engagement [Gulick] |
9326 | Knowing-that is a much richer kind of knowing-how [Gulick] |
21748 | More careful inductions gradually lead to the hypothetico-deductive method [Quine] |
9319 | Is consciousness a type of self-awareness, or is being self-aware a way of being conscious? [Gulick] |
9320 | Higher-order theories divide over whether the higher level involves thought or perception [Gulick] |
9321 | Higher-order models reduce the problem of consciousness to intentionality [Gulick] |
9322 | Maybe qualia only exist at the lower level, and a higher-level is needed for what-it-is-like [Gulick] |
22393 | I don't understand the idea of a reason for acting, but it is probably the agent's interests or desires [Foot] |
21749 | Altruistic values concern other persons, and ceremonial values concern practices [Quine] |
21751 | Love seems to diminish with distance from oneself [Quine] |
9324 | From the teleopragmatic perspective, life is largely an informational process [Gulick] |