Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Alan McMichael, Lawrence B. Lombard and Theodor W. Adorno

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8 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 1. Philosophy

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If philosophy could be summarised it would be pointless [Adorno]

7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 4. Events / c. Reduction of events

9413	An event is a change in or to an object [Lombard, by Mumford]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 3. Individual Essences

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Only individuals have essences, so numbers (as a higher type based on classes) lack them [McMichael]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 9. Essence and Properties

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Essences are the interesting necessary properties resulting from a thing's own peculiar nature [McMichael]

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Maybe essential properties have to be intrinsic, as well as necessary? [McMichael]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 15. Against Essentialism

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Essentialism is false, because it implies the existence of necessary singular propositions [McMichael]

24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 1. Ideology

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Ideology is 'socially necessary illusion' or 'socially necessary false-consciousness' [Adorno, by Finlayson]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 5. Laws from Universals

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Individuals enter into laws only through their general qualities and relations [McMichael]