Thursday, 6 August 2015
Endless Extrinsic & Intrinsic Properties
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Endless Extrinsic & Intrinsic Properties The thing about extrinsic properties is that they appear to be indefinite - or even i...
Against David Lewis's Intrinsic Properties
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American philosopher David Lewis (1941–2001) wrote: “A thing has its intrinsic properties in virtue of the way that thing itself, and nothin...
Friday, 31 July 2015
Patricia Churchland vs. the Functionalists
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Patricia Churchland has a problem with the fact that many functionalists have “ignored neuroscience”. Indeed they've also “rejecte...
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Monday, 27 July 2015
Paul Smolensky: Is Perception or Logical Inference Primary?
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What is at the heart of intelligence and cognition? According to Paul Smolensky, there are two main alternatives or rivals: perception and ...
Jaegwon Kim's Case Against a Science of Pain
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On epiphenomenalism? The Korean-American philosopher argued that pain isn’t a “scientific kind”. He didn’t also argue that people don’t feel...
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