Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Celsus, Anon (Upan) and Dag Prawitz

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5. Theory of Logic / A. Overview of Logic / 1. Overview of Logic
13831 Logic is based on transitions between sentences [Prawitz]
5. Theory of Logic / B. Logical Consequence / 1. Logical Consequence
13827 Logical consequence isn't a black box (Tarski's approach); we should explain how arguments work [Prawitz]
5. Theory of Logic / E. Structures of Logic / 2. Logical Connectives / a. Logical connectives
13825 Natural deduction introduction rules may represent 'definitions' of logical connectives [Prawitz]
5. Theory of Logic / H. Proof Systems / 4. Natural Deduction
13823 In natural deduction, inferences are atomic steps involving just one logical constant [Prawitz]
5. Theory of Logic / J. Model Theory in Logic / 1. Logical Models
13826 Model theory looks at valid sentences and consequence, but not how we know these things [Prawitz]
16. Persons / A. Concept of a Person / 3. Persons as Reasoners
8143 Self is the rider, intellect the charioteer, mind the reins, and body the chariot [Anon (Upan)]
16. Persons / C. Self-Awareness / 2. Knowing the Self
8147 We have an apparent and a true self; only the second one exists, and we must seek to know it [Anon (Upan)]
18. Thought / D. Concepts / 5. Concepts and Language / a. Concepts and language
8155 Without speech we cannot know right/wrong, true/false, good/bad, or pleasant/unpleasant [Anon (Upan)]
22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 3. Pleasure / c. Value of pleasure
8142 The wise prefer good to pleasure; the foolish are drawn to pleasure by desire [Anon (Upan)]
25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 5. Education / c. Teaching
8151 Let your teacher be a god to you [Anon (Upan)]
25. Social Practice / F. Life Issues / 6. Animal Rights
1868 The world was made as much for animals as for man [Celsus]
26. Natural Theory / B. Natural Kinds / 2. Defining Kinds
8153 By knowing one piece of clay or gold, you know all of clay or gold [Anon (Upan)]
27. Natural Reality / E. Cosmology / 2. Eternal Universe
8154 Originally there must have been just Existence, which could not come from non-existence [Anon (Upan)]
28. God / A. Divine Nature / 1. God
8148 Brahma, supreme god and protector of the universe, arose from the ocean of existence [Anon (Upan)]
28. God / B. Proving God / 3. Proofs of Evidence / a. Cosmological Proof
8144 Brahman is the Uncaused Cause [Anon (Upan)]
28. God / C. Attitudes to God / 2. Pantheism
8152 Earth, food, fire, sun are all forms of Brahman [Anon (Upan)]
29. Religion / A. Polytheistic Religion / 3. Hinduism
8159 Damayata - be self-controlled! Datta - be charitable! Dayadhwam - be compassionate! [Anon (Upan)]
8156 The gods are not worshipped for their own sake, but for the sake of the Self [Anon (Upan)]
8157 A man with desires is continually reborn, until his desires are stilled [Anon (Upan)]
8145 Those ignorant of Atman return as animals or plants, according to their merits [Anon (Upan)]
29. Religion / B. Monotheistic Religion / 4. Christianity / a. Christianity
1867 Christians presented Jesus as a new kind of logos to oppose that of the philosophers [Celsus]
29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 1. Religious Commitment / a. Religious Belief
8149 Charity and ritual observance distract from the highest good of religion [Anon (Upan)]
29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 1. Religious Commitment / e. Fideism
8158 Do not seek to know Brahman by arguments, for arguments are idle and vain [Anon (Upan)]
29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 2. Immortality / b. Soul
8146 The immortal in us is the part that never sleeps, and shapes our dreams [Anon (Upan)]
8150 The immortal Self and the sad individual self are like two golden birds perched on one tree [Anon (Upan)]