Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Dennis Whitcomb, Hans-Georg Gadamer and Otto Neurath

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6 ideas

1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 3. Wisdom Deflated

19695

The devil was wise as an angel, and lost no knowledge when he rebelled [Whitcomb]

1. Philosophy / G. Scientific Philosophy / 3. Scientism

7081	Philosophy is not separate from or above empirical science [Neurath]

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

22333

Only language is understandable Being [Gadamer]

13. Knowledge Criteria / B. Internal Justification / 4. Foundationalism / f. Foundationalism critique

10486

If we are rebuilding our ship at sea, we should jettison some cargo [Boolos on Neurath]

8485	We must always rebuild our ship on the open sea; we can't reconstruct it properly in dry-dock [Neurath]

22. Metaethics / B. Value / 1. Nature of Value / b. Fact and value

20928

Facts don't oppose values; they are integrated into each person's aspirations [Gadamer, by Zimmermann,J]