Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Alcmaeon, Kretzmann/Stump and Barry Smith

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5 ideas

3. Truth / B. Truthmakers / 2. Truthmaker Relation

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Maybe truth-making is an unanalysable primitive, but we can specify principles for it [Smith,B]

3. Truth / B. Truthmakers / 4. Truthmaker Necessitarianism

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God might necessitate that something happen, but He is not the truth-maker for it [Smith,B]

14. Science / A. Basis of Science / 2. Demonstration

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Demonstration provides depth of understanding and explanation (rather than foundations) [Kretzmann/Stump]

15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 1. Mind / d. Location of mind

5987	Alcmaeon was the first to say the brain is central to thinking [Alcmaeon, by Staden, von]

29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 2. Immortality / b. Soul

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Soul must be immortal, since it continually moves, like the heavens [Alcmaeon, by Aristotle]