Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'The Mental Life of Some Machines', 'Treatise of Freewill' and 'Interview with Baggini and Stangroom'

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4 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / e. Philosophy as reason

6851	We overvalue whether arguments are valid, and undervalue whether they are interesting [Monk]

17. Mind and Body / C. Functionalism / 2. Machine Functionalism

5495	Instances of pain are physical tokens, but the nature of pain is more abstract [Putnam, by Lycan]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / c. Purpose of ethics

6850	Wittgenstein pared his life down in his search for decency [Monk]

23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 6. Authentic Self

6231	There is a self-determing power in each person, which makes them what they are [Cudworth]