Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Stilpo, Thomas Nagel and Cynthia Macdonald

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

3240	There is more insight in fundamental perplexity about problems than in their supposed solutions [Nagel]

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 1. Philosophy

3269	If your life is to be meaningful as part of some large thing, the large thing must be meaningful [Nagel]

3242	Philosophy is the childhood of the intellect, and a culture can't skip it [Nagel]

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

3241	It seems mad, but the aim of philosophy is to climb outside of our own minds [Nagel]

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 / 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 / G. Scientific Philosophy / 3. Scientism

1489	Modern philosophy tends to be a theory-constructing extension of science, but there is also problem-solving [Nagel]