Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Jerry A. Fodor, Tim Mawson and Porphyry

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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 3. Philosophy Defined

12644	Who cares what 'philosophy' is? Most pre-1950 thought doesn't now count as philosophy [Fodor]
	Full Idea: Who cares what gets called 'philosophy'? It's my impression that most of what happened in philosophy before 1950 wouldn't qualify according to the present usage.
	From: Jerry A. Fodor (LOT 2 [2008], Ch.3.5)
	A reaction: A rather breath-taking remark. Fodor is, of course, a devotee of David Hume, and of Descartes, but he never seems to refer to Greeks at all. Personally I presume that if you aren't doing what Plato and Aristotle were interested in, it ain't philosophy.

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / b. Philosophy as transcendent

18450	Philosophy has its own mode of death, by separating soul from body [Porphyry]
	Full Idea: There is a double death. One, known by all men, consists in the separation of the body with the soul; the other, characteristic of philosophers, results in the separation of the soul from the body.
	From: Porphyry (Launching Points to the Realm of the Mind [c.280], 1Enn9 3)