Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Lawrence B. Lombard, David Lewis and Albert Camus

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1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 3. Wisdom Deflated

9247	Life will be lived better if it has no meaning [Camus]

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

6707	Suicide - whether life is worth living - is the one serious philosophical problem [Camus]

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

16281

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

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

9245	To an absurd mind reason is useless, and there is nothing beyond reason [Camus]

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

21461

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

16288

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

15545

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]