14 ideas
7491 | The phases of human thought are theological, then metaphysical, then positivist [Comte, by Watson] |
2986 | Belief is the most important propositional attitude [Lyons] |
23513 | Single neurons can carry out complex functions [Seth] |
23514 | The cerbellum has a huge number of neurons, but little involvement in consciousness [Seth] |
23516 | Maybe a system is conscious if the whole generates more information than its parts [Seth] |
2978 | Consciousness no longer seems essential to intentionality [Lyons] |
23519 | The self is embodied, perspectival, volitional, narrative and social [Seth, by PG] |
2984 | Perceptions could give us information without symbolic representation [Lyons] |
2979 | Propositional attitudes require representation [Lyons] |
2987 | Folk psychology works badly for alien cultures [Lyons] |
23518 | Modern AI is mostly machine-based pattern recognition [Seth] |
2977 | All thinking has content [Lyons] |
23517 | Volition is felt as doing what you want, with possible alternatives, and a source from within [Seth] |
23515 | Human exceptionalism plagues biology, and most other human thinking [Seth] |