Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Archimedes, Nuel D. Belnap and P Grice / P Strawson

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4 ideas

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]

14. Science / C. Induction / 5. Paradoxes of Induction / b. Raven paradox

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Read 'all ravens are black' as about ravens, not as about an implication [Belnap]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / a. Types of explanation

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Analytic explanation is wholes in terms of parts; synthetic is parts in terms of wholes or contexts [Belnap]

19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 8. Synonymy

7319	If we give up synonymy, we have to give up significance, meaning and sense [Grice/Strawson]