15 ideas
2546 | Philosophy is a magnificent failure in its attempt to overstep the limits of our knowledge [McGinn] |
2544 | Thoughts have a dual aspect: as they seem to introspection, and their underlying logical reality [McGinn] |
18529 | Relations are expressed either as absolute facts, or by a relational concept [William of Ockham] |
16779 | Cut wood doesn't make a new substance, but seems to make separate subjects [William of Ockham] |
16757 | Hot water naturally cools down, which is due to the substantial form of the water [William of Ockham] |
2539 | Mental modules for language, social, action, theory, space, emotion [McGinn] |
9102 | If an animal approached from a distance, we might abstract 'animal' from one instance [William of Ockham] |
2545 | Free will is mental causation in action [McGinn] |
2543 | Brains aren't made of anything special, suggesting panpsychism [McGinn] |
9114 | There are no secure foundations to prove the separate existence of mind, in reason or experience [William of Ockham] |
2540 | Examining mind sees no brain; examining brain sees no mind [McGinn] |
16383 | Puzzled Pierre has two mental files about the same object [Recanati on Kripke] |
2547 | There is information if there are symbols which refer, and which can combine into a truth or falsehood [McGinn] |
2542 | Causation in the material world is energy-transfer, of motion, electricity or gravity [McGinn] |
9115 | To love God means to love whatever God wills to be loved [William of Ockham] |