Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for DH Mellor / T Crane, Edward N. Zalta and Henry E. Kyburg Jr

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9 ideas

5. Theory of Logic / L. Paradox / 4. Paradoxes in Logic / e. The Lottery paradox
6368 If my ticket won't win the lottery (and it won't), no other tickets will either [Kyburg, by Pollock/Cruz]
7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 6. Physicalism
7855 Some suggest that materialism is empty, because 'physical' cannot be properly characterized [Mellor/Crane, by Papineau]
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 / A. Nature of Mind / 3. Mental Causation
6120 Causation depends on intrinsic properties [Mellor/Crane]
17. Mind and Body / D. Property Dualism / 2. Anomalous Monism
6121 There are many psychophysicals laws - about the effects of sweets, colours and soft cushions [Mellor/Crane]
17. Mind and Body / E. Mind as Physical / 7. Anti-Physicalism / a. Physicalism critique
6122 No defences of physicalism can deprive psychology of the ontological authority of other sciences [Mellor/Crane]
18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 2. Abstracta by Selection
10557 Abstract objects are captured by second-order modal logic, plus 'encoding' formulas [Zalta]