Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Plotinus, Charles Chihara and Penelope Maddy

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7 ideas

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / f. Primary being

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Being is the product of pure intellect [Plotinus]

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The One does not exist, but is the source of all existence [Plotinus]

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The One is a principle which transcends Being [Plotinus]

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / g. Particular being

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Number determines individual being [Plotinus]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 11. Ontological Commitment / e. Ontological commitment problems

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The theoretical indispensability of atoms did not at first convince scientists that they were real [Maddy]

9559	If a successful theory confirms mathematics, presumably a failed theory disconfirms it? [Chihara]

9566	No scientific explanation would collapse if mathematical objects were shown not to exist [Chihara]