Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Hippolytus, Joan Weiner and James Gordon Finlayson

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4. Formal Logic / B. Propositional Logic PL / 1. Propositional Logic

7726	Aristotelian logic dealt with inferences about concepts, and there were also proposition inferences [Weiner]
	Full Idea: Till the nineteenth century, it was a common view that Aristotelian logic could evaluate inferences whose validity was based on relations between concepts, while propositional logic could evaluate inferences based on relations between propositions.
	From: Joan Weiner (Frege [1999], Ch.3)
	A reaction: Venn diagrams relate closely to Aristotelian syllogisms, as each concept is represented by a circle, and shows relations between sets. Arrows seem needed to represent how to go from one proposition to another. Is one static, the other dynamic?

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / b. Rational ethics

15675	We don't condemn people for being bad at reasoning [Finlayson]
	Full Idea: We do not morally disapprove of people who are incompetent reasoners.
	From: James Gordon Finlayson (Habermas [2005], Ch.6:83)
	A reaction: Well, we don't morally disapprove simply of their lack of reasoning ability, but we may morally disapprove of their actions, which have arisen entirely from the disability.

23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 3. Universalisability

15674	One can universalise good advice, but that doesn't make it an obligation [Finlayson]
	Full Idea: 'Early to bed and early to rise' is a universalizable maxim, but, though it might be good advice, there is obviously no such obligation.
	From: James Gordon Finlayson (Habermas [2005], Ch.6:83)
	A reaction: I take it that Kant's rule won't distinguish moral guidance from prudential guidance. Unfair, I think. I may be a lark, but when I universalise this maxim I see that it can't be willed as a universal rule, because we should tolerate the owls.

24. Political Theory / B. Nature of a State / 5. Culture

15662	The 'culture industry' is an advertisement for the way things are [Finlayson]
	Full Idea: Critical theory said that culture unwittingly played the role of an advertisement for the way things are. Horkheimer and Adorno referred to this phenomenon as the 'culture industry'.
	From: James Gordon Finlayson (Habermas [2005], Ch.1:04)
	A reaction: An interesting perspective. However, absolutely everything is an advertisement for what it offers. I think this is especially true of moral (and immoral) actions.