Combining Philosophers
Ideas for John Dupré, Ren Descartes and Theodosius
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19 ideas
26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 1. Nature
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Nature is devoid of thought [Descartes, by Meillassoux]
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Physics only needs geometry or abstract mathematics, which can explain and demonstrate everything [Descartes]
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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 2. Natural Purpose / a. Final purpose
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Many causes are quite baffling, so it is absurd to deduce causes from final purposes [Descartes]
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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 2. Natural Purpose / c. Purpose denied
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We will not try to understand natural or divine ends, or final causes [Descartes]
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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 4. Mathematical Nature
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All the sciences searching for order and measure are related to mathematics [Descartes]
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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / f. Ancient elements
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The Hot, Cold, Wet and Dry of the philosophers need themselves to be explained [Descartes]
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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 7. Later Matter Theories / c. Matter as extension
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Impenetrability only belongs to the essence of extension [Descartes]
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Matter can't just be Descartes's geometry, because a filler of the spaces is needed [Robinson,H on Descartes]
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Matter is not hard, heavy or coloured, but merely extended in space [Descartes]
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26. Natural Theory / B. Natural Kinds / 1. Natural Kinds
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Phylogenetics involves history, and cladism rests species on splits in lineage [Dupré]
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Kinds don't do anything (including evolve) because they are abstract [Dupré]
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26. Natural Theory / B. Natural Kinds / 7. Critique of Kinds
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Natural kinds are decided entirely by the intentions of our classification [Dupré]
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Borders between species are much less clear in vegetables than among animals [Dupré]
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Even atoms of an element differ, in the energy levels of their electrons [Dupré]
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Ecologists favour classifying by niche, even though that can clash with genealogy [Dupré]
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Wales may count as fish [Dupré]
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Cooks, unlike scientists, distinguish garlic from onions [Dupré]
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 8. Particular Causation / c. Conditions of causation
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There must be at least as much in the cause as there is in the effect [Descartes]
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 7. Strictness of Laws
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God has established laws throughout nature, and implanted ideas of them within us [Descartes]
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