Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Anaxarchus, Paul Feyerabend and Richard Boyd

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5 ideas

1. Philosophy / G. Scientific Philosophy / 1. Aims of Science

6601	Science rules the globe because of colonising power, not inherent rationality [Feyerabend]

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

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

14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 6. Theory Holism

2561	For Feyerabend the meaning of a term depends on a whole theory [Feyerabend, by Rorty]

26. Natural Theory / B. Natural Kinds / 4. Source of Kinds

15150

The properties of an electron can't be explained just as 'clustering' [Chakravartty on Boyd]

15149

Properties cluster together, either because of intrinsic relations, or because of an underlying process [Boyd, by Chakravartty]