15 ideas
9327 | Organisms understand their worlds better if they understand themselves [Gulick] |
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] |
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] |
19353 | 'Perception' is basic internal representation, and 'apperception' is reflective knowledge of perception [Leibniz] |
7458 | The reliability of witnesses depends on whether they benefit from their observations [Laplace, by Hacking] |
5061 | Animals are semi-rational because they connect facts, but they don't see causes [Leibniz] |
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] |
3441 | If a supreme intellect knew all atoms and movements, it could know all of the past and the future [Laplace] |
5063 | Music charms, although its beauty is the harmony of numbers [Leibniz] |
9324 | From the teleopragmatic perspective, life is largely an informational process [Gulick] |