8 ideas
12251 | Substantial forms are not understood, and explain nothing [Descartes] |
7658 | Obviously there can't be a functional anaylsis of qualia if they are defined by intrinsic properties [Dennett] |
7655 | The work done by the 'homunculus in the theatre' must be spread amongst non-conscious agencies [Dennett] |
7657 | Intelligent agents are composed of nested homunculi, of decreasing intelligence, ending in machines [Dennett] |
7656 | I don't deny consciousness; it just isn't what people think it is [Dennett] |
7654 | What matters about neuro-science is the discovery of the functional role of the chemistry [Dennett] |
22230 | Sartre gradually realised that freedom is curtailed by the weight of situation [Sartre, by Daigle] |
16772 | An angelic mind would not experience pain, even when connected to a human body [Descartes, by Pasnau] |