Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Stephen Hetherington, John Locke and Jerry A. Fodor
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2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 7. Status of Reason
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Opposition to reason is mad [Locke]
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2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 8. Naturalising Reason
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Turing invented the idea of mechanical rationality (just based on syntax) [Fodor]
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A standard naturalist view is realist, externalist, and computationalist, and believes in rationality [Fodor]
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2. Reason / D. Definition / 5. Genus and Differentia
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Genus is a partial conception of species, and species a partial idea of individuals [Locke]
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2. Reason / D. Definition / 6. Definition by Essence
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Maybe Locke described the real essence of a person [Locke, by Pasnau]
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2. Reason / D. Definition / 13. Against Definition
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We have no successful definitions, because they all use indefinable words [Fodor]
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2. Reason / E. Argument / 2. Transcendental Argument
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Transcendental arguments move from knowing Q to knowing P because it depends on Q [Fodor]
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2. Reason / F. Fallacies / 7. Ad Hominem
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Ad Hominem: press a man with the consequences of his own principle [Locke]
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2. Reason / F. Fallacies / 8. Category Mistake / a. Category mistakes
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Asking whether man's will is free is liking asking if sleep is fast or virtue is square [Locke]
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