Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Anaxarchus, Avicenna (Abu Ibn Sina) and A.C. Ewing

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8 ideas

1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 1. Nature of Metaphysics

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Understanding begins with the notion of being and essence [Avicenna]

9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Simples

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The simple's whatness is its very self [Avicenna]

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 3. Matter of an Object

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The ultimate material of things has the unity of total formlessness [Avicenna]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 2. Types of Essence

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An essence can either be universal (in the mind) or singular (in concrete particulars) [Avicenna, by Panaccio]

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

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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

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

13. Knowledge Criteria / D. Scepticism / 1. Scepticism

3061	Anaxarchus said that he was not even sure that he knew nothing [Anaxarchus, by Diog. Laertius]

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

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