Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Christian Wolff, Nicholas P. White and Joseph Priestley

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6 ideas

2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 2. Sufficient Reason

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Sufficient reason is implied by contradiction, of an insufficient possible which exists [Wolff, by Korsgaard]

5. Theory of Logic / J. Model Theory in Logic / 3. Löwenheim-Skolem Theorems

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Löwenheim-Skolem says any theory with a true interpretation has a model in the natural numbers [White,NP]

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 4. Using Numbers / c. Counting procedure

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Finite cardinalities don't need numbers as objects; numerical quantifiers will do [White,NP]

8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 1. Powers

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We get the idea of power by abstracting from ropes, magnets and electric shocks [Priestley]

27. Natural Reality / B. Modern Physics / 4. Standard Model / a. Concept of matter

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Attraction or repulsion are not imparted to matter, but actually constitute it [Priestley]

28. God / A. Divine Nature / 6. Divine Morality / b. Euthyphro question

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Confucius shows that ethics can rest on reason, rather than on revelation [Wolff, by Korsgaard]