Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Anon (Dham), Tim Button and A.R. Lacey

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20 ideas

1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 3. Wisdom Deflated
7893 Our life is the creation of our mind [Anon (Dham)]
3. Truth / B. Truthmakers / 11. Truthmaking and Correspondence
18696 The vagueness of truthmaker claims makes it easier to run anti-realist arguments [Button]
3. Truth / D. Coherence Truth / 1. Coherence Truth
18701 The coherence theory says truth is coherence of thoughts, and not about objects [Button]
5. Theory of Logic / J. Model Theory in Logic / 1. Logical Models
18694 Permutation Theorem: any theory with a decent model has lots of models [Button]
7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 2. Realism
18692 Realists believe in independent objects, correspondence, and fallibility of all theories [Button]
7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 4. Anti-realism
18693 Indeterminacy arguments say if a theory can be made true, it has multiple versions [Button]
18695 An ideal theory can't be wholly false, because its consistency implies a true model [Button]
11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 3. Idealism / a. Idealism
7898 The world is just the illusion of an appearance [Anon (Dham)]
12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 4. Sense Data / a. Sense-data theory
6455 Maybe 'sense-data' just help us to talk about unusual perceptual situations [Lacey]
12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 4. Sense Data / b. Nature of sense-data
6454 Where do sense-data begin or end? Can they change? What sort of thing are they? [Lacey]
6453 Some claim sense-data are public, and are parts of objects [Lacey]
13. Knowledge Criteria / D. Scepticism / 2. Types of Scepticism
18700 Cartesian scepticism doubts what is true; Kantian scepticism doubts that it is sayable [Button]
14. Science / A. Basis of Science / 4. Prediction
18698 Predictions give the 'content' of theories, which can then be 'equivalent' or 'adequate' [Button]
19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 4. Meaning as Truth-Conditions
18697 A sentence's truth conditions are all the situations where it would be true [Button]
22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / g. Love
7894 Hate is conquered by love [Anon (Dham)]
22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 3. Pleasure / f. Dangers of pleasure
7899 Even divine pleasure will not satisfy the wise, as it is insatiable, and leads to pain [Anon (Dham)]
23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / e. Character
7896 The foolish gradually fill with evil, like a slowly-filled water-jar [Anon (Dham)]
7897 The wise gradually fill with good, like a slowly-filled water-jar [Anon (Dham)]
23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 4. External Goods / d. Friendship
7895 Don't befriend fools; either find superior friends, or travel alone [Anon (Dham)]
29. Religion / C. Spiritual Disciplines / 3. Buddhism
7900 Speak the truth, yield not to anger, give what you can to him who asks [Anon (Dham)]