Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Archimedes, Stephen Wolfram and George Dickie

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6 ideas

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 4. Using Numbers / g. Applying mathematics

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At one level maths and nature are very similar, suggesting some deeper origin [Wolfram]

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]

21. Aesthetics / A. Aesthetic Experience / 2. Aesthetic Attitude

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The aesthetic attitude is nothing more than paying close attention [Dickie, by Giovannelli]

21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 6. Art as Institution

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A work of art is an artifact created for the artworld [Dickie]

8114	The institutional theory says only a competent expert can decree something to be an art work [Dickie, by Gardner]

27. Natural Reality / C. Space / 4. Substantival Space

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Space and its contents seem to be one stuff - so space is the only existing thing [Wolfram]