11 ideas
2526 | Philosophers regularly confuse failures of imagination with insights into necessity [Dennett] |
18925 | If talking donkeys are possible, something exists which could be a talking donkey [Williamson, by Cameron] |
2523 | That every mammal has a mother is a secure reality, but without foundations [Dennett] |
17093 | Causation produces productive mechanisms; to understand the world, understand these mechanisms [Salmon] |
17492 | Salmon's interaction mechanisms needn't be regular, or involving any systems [Glennan on Salmon] |
2528 | Does consciousness need the concept of consciousness? [Dennett] |
2525 | Maybe language is crucial to consciousness [Dennett] |
2527 | Unconscious intentionality is the foundation of the mind [Dennett] |
2530 | Could a robot be made conscious just by software? [Dennett] |
2524 | A language of thought doesn't explain content [Dennett] |
2529 | Maybe there can be non-conscious concepts (e.g. in bees) [Dennett] |