Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Brand Blanshard, Benjamin Schnieder and F.R. Tennant

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4 ideas

2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 6. Coherence

2764	Full coherence might involve consistency and mutual entailment of all propositions [Blanshard, by Dancy,J]

3. Truth / D. Coherence Truth / 1. Coherence Truth

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Coherence tests for truth without implying correspondence, so truth is not correspondence [Blanshard, by Young,JO]

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

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There are 'conceptual' explanations, with their direction depending on complexity [Schnieder]

28. God / B. Proving God / 3. Proofs of Evidence / b. Teleological Proof

1451	Design is seen in the way ideas match the world, in the mechanisms of evolution, and in values [Tennant,FR, by PG]