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| Mind: The mind is the set of faculties responsible for thought, emotion, perception, and consciousness. It is often contrasted with the body, or physical matter. See also Consciousness, Spirit, Thinking, Thoughts, Brain, Brain states, Body, Identity theory._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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John Locke on Mind - Dictionary of Arguments
Dennett I 30 Mind/Locke: blank slate. (Goes back to Plato). Mind/Locke: "evidence" of the primacy of the mind: If there is the eternal, there must be a thinking being. Unthinking matter can never produce a thinking being. Nor can such matter emerge out of nothing. Matter can not even produce moving out of itself. Therefore, at the beginning there must be a mind. - - - Euchner I 32 Mind/Locke: skills: 1. distinguish - 2. compare - 3. assemble - 4. abstract. That makes more complex insights possible. Indispensable: 1. memory - 2. language. >Thinking/Locke, >World/thinking, >Language/Locke._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Loc III J. Locke An Essay Concerning Human Understanding Dennett I D. Dennett Darwin’s Dangerous Idea, New York 1995 German Edition: Darwins gefährliches Erbe Hamburg 1997 Dennett II D. Dennett Kinds of Minds, New York 1996 German Edition: Spielarten des Geistes Gütersloh 1999 Dennett III Daniel Dennett "COG: Steps towards consciousness in robots" In Bewusstein, Thomas Metzinger, Paderborn/München/Wien/Zürich 1996 Dennett IV Daniel Dennett "Animal Consciousness. What Matters and Why?", in: D. C. Dennett, Brainchildren. Essays on Designing Minds, Cambridge/MA 1998, pp. 337-350 In Der Geist der Tiere, D Perler/M. Wild, Frankfurt/M. 2005 Loc I W. Euchner Locke zur Einführung Hamburg 1996 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-24