Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Ludwig Wittgenstein, Thomas Hobbes and Morris Kline
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2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 3. Non-Contradiction
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The problem is to explain the role of contradiction in social life [Wittgenstein]
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2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 6. Ockham's Razor
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If a sign is useless it is meaningless; that is the point of Ockham's maxim [Wittgenstein]
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2. Reason / D. Definition / 2. Aims of Definition
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Definitions of things that are caused must express their manner of generation [Hobbes]
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2. Reason / D. Definition / 5. Genus and Differentia
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Definition is resolution of names into successive genera, and finally the difference [Hobbes]
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2. Reason / D. Definition / 8. Impredicative Definition
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A defined name should not appear in the definition [Hobbes]
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2. Reason / F. Fallacies / 3. Question Begging
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'Petitio principii' is reusing the idea to be defined, in disguised words [Hobbes]
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2. Reason / F. Fallacies / 8. Category Mistake / a. Category mistakes
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Words of the same kind can be substituted in a proposition without producing nonsense [Wittgenstein]
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2. Reason / F. Fallacies / 8. Category Mistake / b. Category mistake as syntactic
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Talking nonsense is not following the rules [Wittgenstein]
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Grammar says that saying 'sound is red' is not false, but nonsense [Wittgenstein]
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