22 ideas
19574 | If man sacrifices truth he sacrifices himself, by acting against his own convictions [Novalis] |
19571 | Delusion and truth differ in their life functions [Novalis] |
7508 | Good reductionism connects fields of knowledge, but doesn't replace one with another [Pinker] |
19575 | Refinement of senses increasingly distinguishes individuals [Novalis] |
6451 | Visual sense data are an inner picture show which represents the world [Blackburn] |
19572 | Experiences tests reason, and reason tests experience [Novalis] |
7510 | Connectionists say the mind is a general purpose learning device [Pinker] |
7513 | Is memory stored in protein sequences, neurons, synapses, or synapse-strengths? [Pinker] |
2866 | A true belief might be based on a generally reliable process that failed on this occasion [Blackburn] |
7509 | Roundworms live successfully with 302 neurons, so human freedom comes from our trillions [Pinker] |
19573 | The seat of the soul is where our inner and outer worlds interpenetrate [Novalis] |
7511 | Neural networks can generalise their training, e.g. truths about tigers apply mostly to lions [Pinker] |
7512 | There are five types of reasoning that seem beyond connectionist systems [Pinker, by PG] |
19577 | Everything is a chaotic unity, then we abstract, then we reunify the world into a free alliance [Novalis] |
19578 | Only self-illuminated perfect individuals are beautiful [Novalis] |
2864 | The main objection to intuitionism in ethics is that intuition is a disguise for prejudice or emotion [Blackburn] |
7505 | Many think that accepting human nature is to accept innumerable evils [Pinker] |
2865 | Critics of prescriptivism observe that it is consistent to accept an ethical verdict but refuse to be bound by it [Blackburn] |
7516 | In 1828, the stuff of life was shown to be ordinary chemistry, not a magic gel [Pinker] |
7515 | All the evidence says evolution is cruel and wasteful, not intelligent [Pinker] |
7514 | Intelligent Design says that every unexplained phenomenon must be design, by default [Pinker] |
19576 | Religion needs an intermediary, because none of us can connect directly to a godhead [Novalis] |