Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for William S. Jevons, A.C. Ewing and Myles F. Burnyeat

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6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 6. Logicism / a. Early logicism

8628	I hold that algebra and number are developments of logic [Jevons]

13. Knowledge Criteria / B. Internal Justification / 5. Coherentism / b. Pro-coherentism

21513

We can no more expect a precise definition of coherence than we can of the moral ideal [Ewing]

13. Knowledge Criteria / B. Internal Justification / 5. Coherentism / c. Coherentism critique

21497

If undetailed, 'coherence' is just a vague words that covers all possible arguments [Ewing]

20. Action / C. Motives for Action / 3. Acting on Reason / b. Intellectualism

4377	Intellectualism is an excessive emphasis on reasoning in moral philosophy [Burnyeat]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 1. Virtue Theory / c. Particularism

18671

The ground for an attitude is not a thing's 'goodness', but its concrete characteristics [Ewing]