Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Philodemus, Timothy Williamson and Thomas Hobbes
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12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 2. Self-Evidence
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There are 'armchair' truths which are not a priori, because experience was involved [Williamson]
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12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 1. Perception
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How can one discriminate yellow from red, but not the colours in between? [Williamson]
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12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 4. Sense Data / a. Sense-data theory
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The qualities of the world are mere appearances; reality is the motions which cause them [Hobbes]
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Appearance and reality can be separated by mirrors and echoes [Hobbes]
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12. Knowledge Sources / D. Empiricism / 1. Empiricism
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Evidence is conception, which is imagination, which proceeds from the senses [Hobbes]
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Experience can't prove universal truths [Hobbes]
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12. Knowledge Sources / E. Direct Knowledge / 2. Intuition
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Intuition is neither powerful nor vacuous, but reveals linguistic or conceptual competence [Williamson]
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When analytic philosophers run out of arguments, they present intuitions as their evidence [Williamson]
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