Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Bryan van Norden, Beth Lord and Edward N. Zalta

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9 ideas

1. Philosophy / B. History of Ideas / 2. Ancient Thought

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The Dao (Way) first means the road, and comes to mean the right way to live [Norden]

1. Philosophy / B. History of Ideas / 5. Later European Thought

21855

Only in the 1780s did it become acceptable to read Spinoza [Lord]

1. Philosophy / H. Continental Philosophy / 3. Hermeneutics

23408

The hermeneutic circle is either within the text, or between text and biased reader [Norden]

23407

Heremeneutics is either 'faith' (examining truth) or 'suspicion' (looking for hidden motives) [Norden]

9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 2. Abstract Objects / a. Nature of abstracta

10414

Abstract objects are constituted by encoded collections of properties [Zalta, by Swoyer]

10558

Abstract objects are actually constituted by the properties by which we conceive them [Zalta]

9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 2. Abstract Objects / c. Modern abstracta

10415

Properties make round squares and round triangles distinct, unlike exemplification [Zalta, by Swoyer]

15. Nature of Minds / C. Capacities of Minds / 10. Conatus/Striving

21866

Hobbes and Spinoza use 'conatus' to denote all endeavour for advantage in nature [Lord]

18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 2. Abstracta by Selection

10557

Abstract objects are captured by second-order modal logic, plus 'encoding' formulas [Zalta]