Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Jerry A. Fodor, Philippa Foot and Steven Pinker

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1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 1. Nature of Wisdom

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We take courage, temperance, wisdom and justice as moral, but Aristotle takes wisdom as intellectual [Foot]

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Wisdom only implies the knowledge achievable in any normal lifetime [Foot]

1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 2. Wise People

22397

Wisdom is open to all, and not just to the clever or well trained [Foot]

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

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Who cares what 'philosophy' is? Most pre-1950 thought doesn't now count as philosophy [Fodor]

1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 3. Analysis of Preconditions

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Definitions often give necessary but not sufficient conditions for an extension [Fodor]

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

2474	It seems likely that analysis of concepts is impossible, but justification can survive without it [Fodor]

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

2481	Despite all the efforts of philosophers, nothing can ever be reduced to anything [Fodor]