Combining Philosophers

Ideas for William James, Michael Lockwood and Martin Luther

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

22659

It is wisdom to believe what you desire, because belief is needed to achieve it [James]

1. Philosophy / B. History of Ideas / 4. Early European Thought

8011	Aristotle is a buffoon who has misled the Church [Luther, by MacIntyre]

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

22657

All good philosophers start from a dumb conviction about which truths can be revealed [James]

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

2956	There is nothing so obvious that a philosopher cannot be found to deny it [Lockwood]

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

22647

A complete system is just a classification of the whole world's ingredients [James]

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

2963	There may only be necessary and sufficient conditions (and counterfactuals) because we intervene in the world [Lockwood]

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

2958	No one has ever succeeded in producing an acceptable non-trivial analysis of anything [Lockwood]