Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for David Fair, Melissus and Richard Polt

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8 ideas

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

15575

Knowledge is not a static set of correct propositions, but a continuing search for better interpretations [Polt]

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / a. Nature of Being

12270

Being is one [Melissus, by Aristotle]

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 1. Possibility

15568

When we consider possibilities, there must be something we are considering [Polt]

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 4. Naturalised causation

8326	Science has shown that causal relations are just transfers of energy or momentum [Fair, by Sosa/Tooley]

10379

Fair shifted his view to talk of counterfactuals about energy flow [Fair, by Schaffer,J]

27. Natural Reality / A. Classical Physics / 1. Mechanics / a. Explaining movement

3059	There is no real motion, only the appearance of it [Melissus, by Diog. Laertius]

27. Natural Reality / C. Space / 1. Void

5100	The void is not required for change, because a plenum can alter in quality [Aristotle on Melissus]

27. Natural Reality / E. Cosmology / 2. Eternal Universe

456	Nothing could come out of nothing [Melissus]