... fully in my Kinds of Being: A Study of Individuation, Identity and the Logic of 18 Anintroductiontothe philosophy of mind ciple is correct, then, and turn tothe case of a person and his or her ... it, then, it seems, by analogy with the statue and the lump of bronze, every part ofthe body must be a part ofthe person but not every part ofthe person can be part ofthe body: that is to ... conception ofthe whole of reality, we cannot hope to render compatible the theories and observations ofthe various different sciences: and providing that conception is not the task of any one of those...
... conception ofthe whole of reality, we cannot hope to render compatible the theories and observations ofthe various different sciences: and providing that conception is not the task of any one of those ... what they say about this Secondly, if they mean to abandon reasoned argument altogether, even in defence of their own position, then I have Introduction nothing more to say to them because they ... the ontological status of subjects of experience and the relationship between mental and physical states Then, in chapters and 4, I move on to discuss certain general theories ofthe nature of mental...
... strange coincidence, the inhabitants of this planet speak a language which sounds just like English and that they use the word ‘snow’ for the stuff descending from their skies An inhabitant ofthe ... propositional attitude 74 Anintroductiontothe philosophy of mind states And let us then see whether this hypothesis gives rise to any insuperable difficulties THE CAUSAL RELEVANCE OF CONTENT A problem ... following How the contents of mental states contribute tothe causal explanation of behaviour? Can the contents of mental states be assigned to them independently ofthe environmental circumstances in...
... an account of our concepts of mental states than as a theory ofthe nature of mental states themselves 52 Anintroductiontothe philosophy of mind ing an adequate account ofthe character of ... states of consciousness to other human beings, so that to deny consciousness tothe hypothetical pile of pebbles in the circumstances envisaged would be to succumb to narrow-minded prejudice, ofthe ... strings of meaningless marks or sounds If that is so, then to abandon the category of belief is implicitly to abandon also the very notions of truth and falsehood and therewith, it seems, the very...
... colour and shape ofthe tree and ofthe house, the intervening ground between them, the sky behind them, and other objects in their vicinity (together with their colours and shapes) And these other ... this is passed tothe other tank and the same amount of water is let into or out of it But a much easier solution is to place the two tanks on the same level and join them by an interconnecting ... to divide one’s attention in a way which seems to be psychologically impossible From the point of view ofthe causal theory, then, it is easy enough to 148 Anintroductiontothe philosophy of...
... that analyse c o n t e n t are essentially two-pronged: there are always t w o a g e n c i e s — u s and t h e m , the body and the spirit, the ego and the id, the brain and the mind Part ofthe ... i s last advantage is crucial to our effort to e x t e n d our understanding of mental life back into the waking state, and to obtain comparable quantitative data from the minds ofthe same individuals ... priorities we have managed to get along and to help each other F o r m e , the meaning ofthe dream is transparent: I am anxious about my p r o p e r t y and about entrusting it to people w h o are...
... Previous tothe year 375 the attempts ofthe Germans to penetrate into the Empire appear to have been due to their love of adventure, their hope of enjoying some ofthe advantages of their civilized ... BEFORE THE BARBARIAN INVASIONS III THE GERMAN INVASIONS AND THE BREAK-UP OFTHE ROMAN EMPIRE 25 IV THE RISE OFTHE PAPACY 44 V THE MONKS AND THE CONVERSION OFTHE GERMANS 56 VI CHARLES MARTEL AND ... than any ofthe other German races Besides the kingdoms ofthe East Goths and the Franks, the West Goths had their kingdom in Spain, the Burgundians had established themselves on the Rhone, and...
... convinced ofthe validity ofthe algorithm as well as ofthe correctness ofthe process of analysis Some algorithms are worth analyzing because their analyses can add tothe body of mathematical tools ... reference: the intended use ofthe algorithm, the importance ofthe algorithm in relationship to others from both practical and theoretical standpoints, the difficulty of analysis, and the accuracy and ... assumed to be larger than all the elements tothe end of each ofthe auxiliary arrays, to help accomplish the task of moving the remainder of one ofthe auxiliary arrays back to a after the other...
... due to their love of adventure, their hope of enjoying some ofthe advantages of their civilized neighbors, or the need of new lands for their increasing numbers And the Romans, by means of their ... BREAK-UP OFTHE ROMAN EMPIRE [Sidenote: The Huns force the Goths into the Empire Battle of Adrianople, 378.] Previous tothe year 375 the attempts ofthe Germans to penetrate into the Empire appear to ... than any ofthe other German races Besides the kingdoms ofthe East Goths and the Franks, the West Goths had their kingdom in Spain, the Burgundians had established themselves on the Rhone, and...
... relative tothe Earth The overall relative velocity is the sum ofthe rotational velocity ofthe Earth, the velocity ofthe Earth round the Sun and the Solar System around the centre ofthe Galaxy, ... point of view ofthe observer at C, isotropy requires that the expansion in AC be the same as in BC The sides ofthe triangle are expanded by the same factor Adding a galaxy out ofthe plane to ... The light curves ofthe Cepheids give the distance to their host galaxy and calibrate the luminosity ofthe host If necessary the brightest galaxies themselves can then be used as standard candles...
... observed the rising and setting ofthe sun and the several phases ofthe moon The more thoughtful among them have then proceeded to ask the question, “Why? Why does the moon wax and wane? Why does the ... Discuss the nativist and empiricist explanations ofthe origin of human attributes 16 First describe the positions of mechanism and vitalism and then indicate which ofthe two positions you accept and ... refer tothe totality of things but also suggested an elegant, ordered universe The aesthetic aspect ofthe meaning ofthe term kosmos is reflected in the English word cosmetic Thus, tothe early...
... due to their love of adventure, their hope of enjoying some ofthe advantages of their civilized neighbors, or the need of new lands for their increasing numbers And the Romans, by means of their ... BREAK-UP OFTHE ROMAN EMPIRE [Sidenote: The Huns force the Goths into the Empire Battle of Adrianople, 378.] Previous tothe year 375 the attempts ofthe Germans to penetrate into the Empire appear to ... than any ofthe other German races Besides the kingdoms ofthe East Goths and the Franks, the West Goths had their kingdom in Spain, the Burgundians had established themselves on the Rhone, and...
... immediately the following theorems: The number of partitions of n into m parts is equal tothe number of partitions on n into parts the largest of which is m; The number of partitions of n into not ... and T ∩ R = ∅ A translation of S of one ˜ into T , i.e., it makes R vanish! On the other hand, a ˜ ˜ unit tothe right sends S ˜ ˜ ˜ rotation ofthe plane through θ sends S into R making T vanish! ... primes n not exceeding n; the number of distinct primes factors of n; the number of prime power factors of n; the number of divisors of n; d the sum ofthe divisors of n p≤n ω(n) = p|n Ω(n) =...
... convinced ofthe validity ofthe algorithm as well as ofthe correctness ofthe process of analysis Some algorithms are worth analyzing because their analyses can add tothe body of mathematical tools ... reference: the intended use ofthe algorithm, the importance ofthe algorithm in relationship to others from both practical and theoretical standpoints, the difficulty of analysis, and the accuracy and ... assumed to be larger than all the elements tothe end of each ofthe auxiliary arrays, to help accomplish the task of moving the remainder of one ofthe auxiliary arrays back to a after the other...
... is therefore provided, which links the development ofthe mathematical theories tothe study of programs The only cost of this approach occurs in theintroductionof transducers, instead of restricting ... given input if and only if the problem has an answer yes for the input, that is, the program accepts the language { x | x is an instance ofthe problem, and the problem has the answer yes at x ... contains the instances , , , , and On the other hand, is not an instance ofthe problem For the instance the problem asks what is the integer part of...
... one of a or b is an initial segment ofthe other, then c is the shorter element If neither is an initial segment ofthe other, then either a(y) = + and b(y) = - or a(y) = - and b(y) = + In either ... example, in theANINTRODUCTIONTOTHE THEORY OFTHE SURREAL NUMBERS 16 proof ofthe associative law for addition Theorem 3.3 The surreal numbers form an Abelian group with respect to addition The empty ... away can F and G be from a and still have a = F|G? As a rough rule of thumb, the larger the length of a, the closer F and G must be to a AN INTRODUCTIONTOTHE THEORY OF SURREAL NUMBERS 40 Proof,...
... discipline is tothe philosophy of mind as the philosophy of linguistics is tothe philosophy of language, or as the philosophy of physics is tothe metaphysical question as tothe nature ofthe physical ... file:///D| /The% 20Character%2 0of% 20Mind%20-%2 0An% 2 0Introduction% 2 0to% 2 0the% 20Philosophy%2 0of% 20Mind.htm all-or-nothing character It is therefore in place to ask, of any theory ofthe mind, whether it can ... capacities ofthe Martian mind, but this would have to look very different from human physics The concepts of Martian physics would be of another order altogether from those accessible tothe human physicist,...
... going to understand what theists mean when they say that there is a God, we thus need to understand what these properties amount to and how they are related to one another; we need to find out whether ... if there are any); they believe that he is the creator of moral and other sorts of value for us; they believe that he has revealed himself to us; and they believe that he offers us the hope of ... grateful tothe editors of these journals and their anonymous referees for their comments Yet others have been discussed informally with members ofthe Natural Theology group that meets at the Athenaeum:...
... people know—or take themselves to know—is simply the sum total ofthe answers they offer tothe questions they can resolve Propositional knowledge is coordinate with the capacity to answer questions, ... tendency of a displacement of people’s best estimates of various factors on the direction of too big, too little, too long, too short, and so on And then, of course, we can make straightforward use of ... distinguished history in the annals of science, stretching from the speculations of Democritus in antiquity, through the work of Dalton, Rutherford, and Bohr, tothe baroque complexities ofthe present...