Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Anaxarchus, Robert Axelrod and Samuel Alexander

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6 ideas

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 6. Criterion for Existence

3534	To be is to have causal powers [Alexander,S]

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

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

17. Mind and Body / A. Mind-Body Dualism / 6. Epiphenomenalism

3398	Epiphenomenalism makes the mind totally pointless [Alexander,S]

14494

Epiphenomenalism is like a pointless nobleman, kept for show, but soon to be abolished [Alexander,S]

23. Ethics / B. Contract Ethics / 8. Contract Strategies

22725

When players don't meet again, defection is the best strategy [Axelrod]

22724

Good strategies avoid conflict, respond to hostility, forgive, and are clear [Axelrod]