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Plato writes on the dangers of writing.
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Antisthenes, a student of Socrates, had a friend who complained that he lost his notes (hypomenmata). To this Antisthenes countered, "You should have inscribed them in your mind (psyche) and not on paper." (quoted in Thomas 1989, 33)
Our aim here is to address the apparent paradox of the claim by Plato, himself a writer and educator, that serious thought (episteme), cannot be put into writing, but is solely the fruit of dialectic and its conclusions. In other words, important matters (the ingredients of wisdom) are best inscribed in the mind or soul (psyche), and ...
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Consciousness across cultures: a response to Bina Gupta's CIT Consciousness.(COMMENT AND DISCUSSION)
Magazine article from: Philosophy East and West
; In recent years, consciousness has reemerged from the nether world...for this shift in the status of consciousness studies. For one, neuroscience...there has been a spate of books on consciousness by eminent scientists and philosophers...
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CONSCIOUSNESS OUTSIDE THE HEAD
Magazine article from: Behavior and Philosophy
; ...ABSTRACT:Brain-centered theories of consciousness seem to face insuperable difficulties...now doubt that the hard problem of consciousness will ever be solved, others call for...resurrect a largely forgotten approach to consciousness known as neorealism. According to...
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Consciousness, Self-Consciousness, and the Science of Being Human.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith
; CONSCIOUSNESS, SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS, AND THE SCIENCE OF BEING HUMAN by Simeon Locke. West port...9780313350061. With a few notable exceptions, the study of consciousness during the twentieth century was almost exclusively under the...
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Consciousness and self-consciousness.
Magazine article from: The Monist
; What is the relation between consciousness and self-consciousness? In recent philosophy of mind, we are accustomed...Yet she is very clearly conscious. Therefore, consciousness can occur in the absence of self-consciousness...
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Consciousness studies: the view from psychology.(Consciousness: A User's Guide)(Mirror Neurons and the Evolution of Brain and Language)(Consciousness: Creeping Up on the Hard Problem)(Consciousness: An Introduction)(Book review)
Magazine article from: British Journal of Psychology
; Consciousness: A user's guide By Adam Zeman Yale...72.00, ISBN 90-272-5162-2 Consciousness: Creeping up on the hard problem...Pbk ISBN 978-019-852090-0 Consciousness: An introduction By Susan Blackmore...
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Mystical Consciousness: Western Perspectives and Dialogue with Japanese Thinkers.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Philosophy East and West
; Mystical Consciousness: Western Perspectives and Dialogue...50. Paper $20.95. Mystical Consciousness: Western Perspectives and Dialogue...array of thinkers on the subject of consciousness, self-reflective consciousness...
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Consciousness Is Nothing But a Word
Magazine article from: Skeptic
; ...DANIEL DENNETT PUBUSHED HIS tome, Consciousness Explained.1 Yet, ten years later...article titled "Are We Explaining Consciousness Yet?"2 If he had to ask die question...psychologists have been trying to understand consciousness at least since John Locke introduced...
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Consciousness is nothing but a word.
Magazine article from: Skeptic (Altadena, CA)
; ...DANIEL DENNETT PUBLISHED HIS tome, Consciousness Explained. (1) Yet, ten years later...article titled "Are We Explaining Consciousness Yet?" (2) If he had to ask the...psychologists have been trying to understand consciousness at least since John Locke introduced...
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Against consciousness chauvinism.(Report)
Magazine article from: The Monist
; Consciousness chauvinism is the view that only conscious...authentic mentality that is immanent to consciousness. In this paper, I urge caution against...states. Examining in some detail the consciousness-chauvinist, and intentional-dualist...
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Consciousness as knowingness.(Report)
Magazine article from: The Monist
; My thesis is: Consciousness is a being such that in its being...of knowingness. The essence of consciousness is knowledge. I arrive at this...Brentano taught us that the essence of consciousness is intentionality--the 'directedness...
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