Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Bryan van Norden, Beth Lord and Stephen Wolfram

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7 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

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

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

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]

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

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

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]