Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Friedrich Schlegel, Richard P. Feynman and Matthew Cobb

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12 ideas

1. Philosophy / C. History of Philosophy / 4. Later European Philosophy / c. Eighteenth century philosophy

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Irony is consciousness of abundant chaos [Schlegel,F]

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 7. Despair over Philosophy

15970

People generalise because it is easier to understand, and that is mistaken for deep philosophy [Feynman]

1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 3. Metaphysical Systems

22069

Plato has no system. Philosophy is the progression of a mind and development of thoughts [Schlegel,F]

11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 3. Idealism / b. Transcendental idealism

22068

Poetry is transcendental when it connects the ideal to the real [Schlegel,F]

15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 8. Brain

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There is a single mouse neuron which has 862 inputs and 626 outputs [Cobb]

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The brain is not passive, and merely processing inputs; it is active, and intervenes in the world [Cobb]

21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 8. The Arts / b. Literature

22030

For poets free choice is supreme [Schlegel,F]

22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / g. Love

22071

True love is ironic, in the contrast between finite limitations and the infinity of love [Schlegel,F]

23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 3. Angst

22029

Irony is the response to conflicts of involvement and attachment [Schlegel,F, by Pinkard]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 4. Regularities / a. Regularity theory

9410	Physical Laws are rhythms and patterns in nature, revealed by analysis [Feynman]

27. Natural Reality / B. Modern Physics / 2. Electrodynamics / d. Quantum mechanics

18530

Nobody understands quantum mechanics [Feynman]

27. Natural Reality / C. Space / 3. Points in Space

17707

We should regard space as made up of many tiny pieces [Feynman, by Mares]