Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Benjamin Lee Whorf, Ralph Waldo Emerson and Stuart Hampshire

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6 ideas

2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 9. Limits of Reason

6558	A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds [Emerson]

13. Knowledge Criteria / E. Relativism / 5. Language Relativism

3914	Language arranges sensory experience to form a world-order [Whorf]

3916	Hopi consistently prefers verbs and events to nouns and things [Whorf]

14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 4. Paradigm

3917	Scientific thought is essentially a specialised part of Indo-European languages [Whorf]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / g. Moral responsibility

20166

A man is a responsible agent to the extent he has an intention, and knows what he is doing [Hampshire]

27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 2. Passage of Time / e. Tensed (A) series

3915	The Hopi have no concept of time as something flowing from past to future [Whorf]