Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Anaxarchus, David Lewis and Crates (Theb)

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1. Philosophy / C. History of Philosophy / 2. Ancient Philosophy / c. Classical philosophy

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Crates lived in poverty, and treated his whole life as a joke [Crates of Thebes, by Plutarch]

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / a. Philosophy as worldly

1767	Everyone should study philosophy until they see all people in the same light [Crates of Thebes, by Diog. Laertius]

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Honesty requires philosophical theories we can commit to with our ordinary commonsense [Lewis]

1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 3. Metaphysical Systems

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I tried to be unsystematic and piecemeal, but failed; my papers presuppose my other views [Lewis]

1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 1. Nature of Analysis

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Analysis reduces primitives and makes understanding explicit (without adding new knowledge) [Lewis]

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Armstrong's analysis seeks truthmakers rather than definitions [Lewis]

1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 4. Conceptual Analysis

8605	In addition to analysis of a concept, one can deny it, or accept it as primitive [Lewis]