Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Anaxarchus, Peter Forrest and Hermann Weyl

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5 ideas

2. Reason / D. Definition / 1. Definitions

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Definition just needs negation, known variables, conjunction, disjunction, substitution and quantification [Weyl, by Lavine]

3. Truth / B. Truthmakers / 3. Truthmaker Maximalism

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The truth-maker principle is that every truth has a sufficient truth-maker [Forrest]

10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 2. Nature of Possible Worlds / a. Nature of possible worlds

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Structural universals might serve as possible worlds [Forrest, by Lewis]

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

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

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / e. Anti scientific essentialism

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The limit of science is isomorphism of theories, with essences a matter of indifference [Weyl]