Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Charles Sanders Peirce, Michael Dummett and Carl Hoefer

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18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 1. Thought
8175 A theory of thought will include propositional attitudes as well as propositions [Dummett]
8174 The theories of meaning and understanding are the only routes to an account of thought [Dummett]
18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 5. Rationality / a. Rationality
19248 Reasoning involves observation, experiment, and habituation [Peirce]
18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 5. Rationality / b. Human rationality
19221 Everybody overrates their own reasoning, so it is clearly superficial [Peirce]
18. Thought / D. Concepts / 3. Ontology of Concepts / b. Concepts as abilities
14792 A 'conception', the rational implication of a word, lies in its bearing upon the conduct of life [Peirce]
18. Thought / D. Concepts / 3. Ontology of Concepts / c. Fregean concepts
19168 Concepts only have a 'functional character', because they map to truth values, not objects [Dummett, by Davidson]
18. Thought / D. Concepts / 4. Structure of Concepts / b. Analysis of concepts
14793 The definition of a concept is just its experimental implications [Peirce]
18. Thought / D. Concepts / 4. Structure of Concepts / i. Conceptual priority
9849 Maybe a concept is 'prior' to another if it can be defined without the second concept [Dummett]
9850 An argument for conceptual priority is greater simplicity in explanation [Dummett]
18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 1. Abstract Thought
9873 Abstract terms are acceptable as long as we know how they function linguistically [Dummett]
10839 You can't infer a dog's abstract concepts from its behaviour [Dummett]
18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 7. Abstracta by Equivalence
10549 Since abstract objects cannot be picked out, we must rely on identity statements [Dummett]
9993 There is no reason why abstraction by equivalence classes should be called 'logical' [Dummett, by Tait]
9857 We arrive at the concept 'suicide' by comparing 'Cato killed Cato' with 'Brutus killed Brutus' [Dummett]
18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 8. Abstractionism Critique
9833 To abstract from spoons (to get the same number as the forks), the spoons must be indistinguishable too [Dummett]
8165 To 'abstract from' is a logical process, as opposed to the old mental view [Dummett]