Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'Ars Magna', 'Recent Work on Consciousness' and 'An Argument for the Identity Theory'

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7 ideas

5. Theory of Logic / A. Overview of Logic / 2. History of Logic
19369 Lull's combinatorial art would articulate all the basic concepts, then show how they combine [Lull, by Arthur,R]
15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 3. Privacy
7522 A full neural account of qualia will give new epistemic access to them, beyond private experience [Churchlands]
15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 5. Qualia / c. Explaining qualia
7521 It is question-begging to assume that qualia are totally simple, hence irreducible [Churchlands]
7523 The qualia Hard Problem is easy, in comparison with the co-ordination of mental states [Churchlands]
17. Mind and Body / C. Functionalism / 4. Causal Functionalism
7441 Experiences are defined by their causal role, and causal roles belong to physical states [Lewis]
7442 'Pain' contingently names the state that occupies the causal role of pain [Lewis]
28. God / A. Divine Nature / 3. Divine Perfections
19371 Nine principles of God: goodness, greatness, eternity, power, wisdom, will, virtue, truth and glory [Lull, by Arthur,R]