Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Brand Blanshard, Cynthia Macdonald and Richard Rorty

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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / d. Philosophy as puzzles

7950	Philosophy tries to explain how the actual is possible, given that it seems impossible [Macdonald,C]

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 7. Despair over Philosophy

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If we can't check our language against experience, philosophy is just comparing beliefs and words [Rorty]

1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 5. Linguistic Analysis

7923	'Did it for the sake of x' doesn't involve a sake, so how can ontological commitments be inferred? [Macdonald,C]

1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 7. Limitations of Analysis

2557	Analytical philosophy seems to have little interest in how to tell a good analysis from a bad one [Rorty]