9 ideas
14296 | Dispositions are physical states of mechanism; when known, these replace the old disposition term [Quine] |
21315 | A tree remains the same in the popular sense, but not in the strict philosophical sense [Butler] |
22593 | Our sensation of light may not be the same as what produces the sensation [Descartes] |
21317 | Despite consciousness fluctuating, we are aware that it belongs to one person [Butler] |
21313 | If consciousness of events makes our identity, then if we have forgotten them we didn't exist then [Butler] |
21314 | Consciousness presupposes personal identity, so it cannot constitute it [Butler] |
21318 | If the self changes, we have no responsibilities, and no interest in past or future [Butler] |
16569 | The Hot, Cold, Wet and Dry of the philosophers need themselves to be explained [Descartes] |
20964 | Descartes said there was conservation of 'quantity of motion' [Descartes, by Papineau] |