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121Functionalism (philosophy of mind) — Functionalism is a theory of the mind in contemporary philosophy, developed largely as an alternative to both the identity theory of mind and behaviourism. Its core idea is that mental states (beliefs, desires, being in pain, etc.) are… …
122Ockham’s world and future — Arthur Gibson PHILOSOPHICAL BIOGRAPHY Ockham was born in about 1285, certainly before 1290, probably in the village of Ockham, Surrey, near London. If his epitaph is accurate, he died on 10 April 1347. Yet Conrad of Megenberg, when writing to… …
123Sri Aurobindo — (Aurobindo Ghosh) in 1916. Born 15 August 1872(1872 08 15) Calcutta (now Kolkata), India Died 5 December 1950(1950 12 05) (aged 78) …
124Morphic field — is a term introduced by British biologist Rupert Sheldrake, the major proponent of this concept, through his Hypothesis of Formative Causation in the early 1980s. It is described as consisting of patterns that govern the development of forms,… …
125Association of Ideas — Association of Ideas, or Mental association, is a term used principally in the history of philosophy and of psychology to refer to explanations about the conditions under which representations arise in consciousness, and also for a principle put… …
126Ghost in the machine — This article is about a philosophical critique. For other uses, see Ghost in the machine (disambiguation). The ghost in the machine is the British philosopher Gilbert Ryle s description of René Descartes mind body dualism. The phrase was… …
127Louis Lambert (novel) — Louis Lambert is an 1832 novel by French novelist and playwright Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850), included in the Études philosophiques section of his novel sequence La Comédie humaine . Set mostly in a school at Vendôme, it examines the life and… …
128idea — idealess, adj. /uy dee euh, uy deeeu /, n. 1. any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity. 2. a thought, conception, or notion: That is an excellent idea. 3. an impression: He gave me a general… …
