Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Archimedes, Margaret Cavendish and Ruth Garrett Millikan

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6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 3. Axioms for Geometry

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Archimedes defined a straight line as the shortest distance between two points [Archimedes, by Leibniz]

11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 4. Belief / a. Beliefs

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The function of beliefs is to produce beliefs-that-p when p [Millikan]

17. Mind and Body / E. Mind as Physical / 1. Physical Mind

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The brain, and all the mental events within it, consists entirely of sensitive and rational matter [Cavendish]

18. Thought / C. Content / 11. Teleological Semantics

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Biosemantics says content is useful mapping from a producer to a consumer system [Millikan, by Schulte]